>>> on this special edition of our world with black enterprise, bill cosby and alvin poussaint take on black america. >> regardless of what the government says, stop waiting around for these people to come and rescue you. they're not going to do it. >>> last week in part of our conversation with comedian bill cosby and psychiatrist alvin poussaint, we talked about the comedian's controversial crusade to address the problems that have left many in black america lagging socially and economically. this self-help message is chronicled in come on people condition from victims to victors. it is a collection of inspiring stories information gathered over the last couple years as the two have traveled the country to encourage people to do better in their lives. >> now, obviously the man who approached my brother didn't know that he is bill cosby's brother. a guy came up to him, black, and he said, man, what are we going to do about these kids? and russell said, better parenting. and the guy said, oh, you're talking about that cosby [ bleep ]. look, the old famous saying about harriet tubman, w

alvin poussaint.st joined us. let me ask you something before we go much further. i've tried to get out of dr. cosby and he's been gracious through much of this. when you hear some of the criticism that has been waged toward him, does it anger you? >> it angers me a bit. because i think it's very unfair. when they're angry with him and criticizing him for airing dirty laundry, it makes no sense. sh knows our dirty laundry and that somehow bill is hurting us by talking about some of our problems with our young people, high school dropouts. violence and so on, poor parenting, that they would say he's airing dirty laundry, i think that's an excuse not to do anything, to be in a state of denial about what we need to do and the kind of issues and problems we have in the black community that need correction. >> doctor, you and i have talked many, many years about some of these problems individually. >> yeah. >> how much do you believe now it is pathological within the community? >> well, i think there are -