1. A few quick, quick thoughts on that Joe Klein column on "black-on-black" crime:https://time.com/3153340/beyond-a-simple-solution-for-ferguson/ …
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2. One way to think about that column is to think about Klein in a historial context. Born in 1946, came of age as a writer in the 1970s
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3. The column really reads like the writer hasn't moved on from the cultural wars of the 1970s/1980s
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4. There's no sense from column that the crime rate has been going down rapidly for 2 decades -- and dropping faster for blacks than whites
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5. To judge by Joe Klein's column, Al Sharpton is on the cutting edge of black politics.
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6. Klein's racial politics come from a particular moment & place. New Democrats of 1980s/1990s
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7. New Democrats wanted to win back Reagan Democrats without alienating black base of party. Rhetoric around black-on-black has that aim.
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8. Worth remembering that as "Anonymous" Joe Klein authored Primary Colors, with black narrator who voices culturalist arguments.
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9. In the grand scheme of things, racial sock-puppetry of Primary Colors is a minor thing but perhaps highlights problem with Klein's stance
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10. A white writer publishing anonymously a book purported by a black voice which decries problems in black community.
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11. This happens to all of us -- we get locked into positions, don't notice that the world has changed.
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12. Really hope Klein takes seriously criticisms made by
@tanehisicoates,@jbouie and others. And notices world has changed.0 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
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