I don't understand this thread. The "history of capitalism" stuff is hotly disputed inside academia. People didn't want to join in public shovel fight because Wilentz & co. had framed debate in gate-keeping polarizing way that could be easily be exploited by right (as it was). https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1377649894803054597 …
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...and the actual racial power structure caused the generally White historians to stay silent, right?
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Wait, so you’re arguing that they must remain silent about the truth or else they are guilty of association racial power structure? I must be misreading you because that doesn’t sound like a defense.
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I don't think he's equating "sitting out one particular argument" with “remain silent,” for one thing.
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I think the point should be that the fact that a group will be quiet on an issue publicly to avoid fueling attacks by opponents is far from a new or uniquely left phenomenon either
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