That would be Dr. Bill Cosby, by the way. Ph. D. in Education, and earned, not honorary.
Quite true that most people on welfare are not black. What's also true is that blacks have a much higher percentage of their population on welfare than other races, and I believe they are also disproportionately represented in "Want fries with that" jobs. And anyone who thinks speaking, reading, and writing proper English and showing up to work on time is "acting white" and is to be despised is going to stay that way.
I'm not complaining, I generally like Cosby, but did you know his Ph.D. thesis was basically using Fat Albert to teach kids?
His degree is an Ed. D. The best that can be said about an Ed. D. is that it does take some time to complete.
I like Cosby's remarked but degrees in "Education" (the most dumbed down of all "academic" disciplines) are rarely earned. If his work merited a doctorate, the fact that it was granted by a College of Education made it purely coincidental.