One data point in favor of the idea of progress: Dinesh d'Souza's books were once praised by C. Vann Woodward & George Frederickson in NYRB.
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@CoreyRobin Eugene Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese both wrote ecstatic blurbs for D'Souza's End of Racism. Really astonishing.2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes -
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@HeerJeet@CoreyRobin but they were insane by then, no?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@KathaPollitt@CoreyRobin Pretty much -- but it's still shocking to me that two of the greatest historians of slavery praised THAT book.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@HeerJeet@CoreyRobin How art the mighty fallen O Lucifer son of the morning.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
Replying to @KathaPollitt
@KathaPollitt @CoreyRobin An appropriate quote given how religious Betsy and Gene became in the end of life.
6:57 PM - 10 Oct 2014
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