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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015

      1. A few quick thoughts on Ben Carson, Bill Cosby, Rupert Murdoch & historical trajectory of black conservatism.

      6 replies 27 retweets 67 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015
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      2. There's a tradition of black conservatism in America which is very different than white conservatism & has much to offer.

      4 replies 17 retweets 26 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015
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      3. White conservatism in America is based on a sense of triumphialism: Reagan's City on A Hill as beacon for the world.

      1 reply 16 retweets 25 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015
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      4. Black conservatism has no such triumphalism. It is pessimistic, emphasizing not individual triumph but group survival through adversity.

      1 reply 18 retweets 47 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015
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      5. Emphasis in black conservative tradition on self-help & personal responsibility based on idea that white America will never give an inch

      7 replies 24 retweets 50 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015
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      6. This black conservatism is a scattered tradition but you can find strands in Garvey, Zora Neale Hurston, Nation of Islam, etc.

      9 replies 15 retweets 30 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015
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      7. If tradition began with Booker T. Washington, it finds culmination in Clarence Thomas as I note here:http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122250/clarence-thomas-deserves-criticism-just-leave-his-race-out-it …

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015
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      8. But there's a big difference in tradition from beginning to end. At start black conservatives addressed their message to fellow blacks.

      2 replies 12 retweets 19 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015
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      9. A Booker T. Washington or Marcus Garvey, although making gestures to wider white culture, was talking to blacks & laying out a plan.

      2 replies 12 retweets 18 likes
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015
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      10. There's a difference between BT Washington preaching self-improvement to blacks & Ben Carson saying the same to Fox News audience.

      3 replies 23 retweets 44 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015

      11. Old black conservatives: we can't rely on whites. New black conservatives: I'm one of the good ones who doesn't need help.

      7:52 PM - 7 Oct 2015
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015
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          12 In addressing a white audience (basically Rupert Murdoch cloned into the millions) black conservatives offering consoling message.

          2 replies 10 retweets 28 likes
        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015
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          Jeet Heer Retweeted Rupert Murdoch

          13. Worth revisiting Murdoch's tweets about Carson & Crosby.https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/651924724960874497 …

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          Ben and Candy Carson terrific. What about a real black President who can properly address the racial divide? And much else.
          1 reply 6 retweets 11 likes
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        1. Craig Ranapia‏ @CMRanapia 7 Oct 2015
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          @HeerJeet It's "build your own damn ladder 'cause nobody else will" vs. "burn everyone's ladders - including your own -- to ash".

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        1. DrD‏ @DrDourbine 7 Oct 2015
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          @HeerJeet “We can’t rely on whites, but we can rely on the freemarkert to be unbiased” is more precise representation of new view imo.

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