Without a firm idea of the love of God, they have to cobble together their own self-affirmation systems. In this case it is largely based on putting something over on the rich/whitey. That, like all sin, does not end well.
Their self-affirmation systems are required because they know they are bred for cash; remember those pins the little black kids used to wear? “God loves me because he doesn’t make junk”...who else would need that reinforcement?