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I think Biden and Sanders suffer from the same problem. They grew up believing that Black people would be fine if they were only more like white people. They believed the Moynihan myth that poverty was a result of Black family structure.
web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Moyn…
web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Moyn…
This was liberal gospel. 
So...even though the purpose was improving the quality of life of Black people, it was all predicated on the presumption that Black culture was pathologically inferior. This is also the background to "respectability politics" from some Black leaders.
It does not make their racist ideas about Blackness any better. After all, in 54 years, some people are able to critically revisit old ideas and change their worldview. It's to their discredit that they cling to such old ideas
Here is a text version of the Moynihan Report so you can search and copy , etc. Much better than scanned PDF
dol.gov/general/aboutd…
dol.gov/general/aboutd…
It is worth reading, in particular, the cringe-worthy section on Matriarchy. To this day, this report frames the worldview of many on the left and right.
