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Bill Cosby and Harvard Medical School psychiatry professor Alvin Poussaint aired all the so-called "dirty laundry" Sunday as guests on NBC's "Meet the Press."
The pair was there to plug their new book, "Come On, People, on the Path from Victims to Victors," which offers ways to deal with the apathy and social ills among portions of the African American community.
During the show, the co-authors spoke on a number of subjects that appear in the book, including the perceived hopelessness regarding the state of black youth; particularly young black men.
"If you have this as generational, fatherless situation -- unwed father or whatever -- but the male is not there, then it registers on another person -- on the child -- as abandonment," Cosby said.
Sobering statistics from the book were mentioned, including the fact that one-quarter of black American males are reportedly under the supervision of the U.S. criminal justice system. Poussaint said many U.S.
fathers "don't even know what to do as a father because many of them grew up in homes that were fatherless."
"I think a lot of these males kind of have a father hunger, and actually grieve that they don't have a father," said Poussaint. "I think, later, a lot of that turns into anger -- why aren't you with me?"
Cosby will continue to plug the book on tomorrow's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
