He is exactly where the liberal power-mongers want him.
When you are poor and live in a poor neighborhood, there are two main narratives used to keep you down. There is the cultural narrative, filling your head with the idea that the poor are better than rich people, etc. (It is far more complicated, but I will leave it at that.) The other narrative is about opportunity--you can't possibly get out of poverty even if you want to, because only the rich can afford college, etc. The effect of the narratives is to discourage anyone from even trying to better themselves and get out of poverty.
And don’t forget the “victim” narrative that tells you the only reason you’re in that predicament to begin with is that you’re oppressed by the White Man. Therefore, you are in no way accountable for any of your own bad decisions. Whitey OWES you.