@HeerJeet There's a thing too where we're entering into waters where a respected black intellectual can have ill-informed, repugnant views..
Perhaps the distinction I'm getting at is between black small-c conservatives & black right-wingers.
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@HeerJeet I think I'm mangling the definition of "intellectual" though--I think perhaps I mean "apparently scholarly pundit"
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@HeerJeet ..and still be thought of as an intellectual, because for a minority intellectual there's automatically a representative weight..Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet ..or rather, it is very very easy to treat them that way, as representatives. i.e. Farrakhan, Jeremiah Wright, and now Carlson.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@R_Ephemeral Not so much a question of being mistreated (Carson is an crank who deserves to be mocked) but rather what analytical frame ...
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@HeerJeet This discussion between Glenn Loury and John McWhorter is instructive: http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/10084?in=13:57&out=22:09 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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