It’s that time of year again.

Like the start of baseball season and the proliferation of “Down Low” propaganda, Bill Cosby’s rants against the Black poor are becoming a perennial feature of the impending summer. On the most recent stops along his 18-city “Call Out” tour, Cosby has reignited controversy by publicly attacking Black men.

While I don’t question his love for Black people, his recent actions have appeared more venomous than valuable, more condescending than caring, and more hateful than helpful.

During a recent speech at Spelman College’s commencement ceremony, Cosby further demonized Black men by labeling them as people who “send their sperm” but run from being fathers. On a recent CNN interview, Cosby criticized Black men who would rather “sell drugs than flip burgers.”

While at the University of the District of Columbia, Cosby completely lost it. According to the Washington Post, Cosby fielded a question from a disabled man who promptly criticized the “watered-down” nature of the dialogue and invoked the name Michael Eric Dyson, whose book “Is Bill Cosby Right” provided a principled and thorough response to Cosby’s public statements. Cosby responded by leaving the stage and hovering over the man’s wheelchair, retorting “You don’t deserve an audience with me. I’m not afraid of any Mr. Dyson.”

Perhaps he should be.

Unlike many Black leaders who praised Cosby’s comments, Dyson has rightly pointed out that Cosby’s claims were both mean spirited and lacking in nuance. Unfortunately, Cosby has been unwilling to engage in a public forum with Dyson or any other leaders who offer legitimate rejoinders to Cosby’s critically impoverished analysis of the Black poor.

What makes Cosby’s comments so problematic is that they are lightly dipped in truth. Of course, there are people who won’t work, father multiple children, and devalue education. (A visit to my family reunion, for example, will provide access to these and other social problems.) To be certain, Black people should not merely play the “blame game,” but work hard to improve and ultimately overcome their circumstances.

The problem, however, is that Cosby’s incessant citations of Black failings, in addition to being overstated, do not acknowledge the structural issues that undermine his gospel of individual responsibility. In fact, they largely serve to reinforce a public indifference and outright animus toward the Black poor that make it more difficult to enact self-help projects.

Hopefully, more Black leadership will have the courage to stand up and challenge Cosby.