15. So Carson will be a "real black president" and Cosby offers valuable lesson in "personal responsibility"
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16. As a press baron, Murdoch is of course used to having employees who echo & amplify his views, whether white or black.
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17. But once absorbed by Fox News ideological apparatus, self-empowerment is no longer response to oppression but validation of system
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18. What does Murdoch mean by "properly address the racial divide." Having black POTOUS telling blacks to stop complaining & work hard
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19. I can't emphasize enough that the trajectory of black conservatism is tragic, because in its older form this is a valuable tradition.
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20. Paradoxically, the salutary pessimism of black conservatism now most productively lives in radical writers like
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21. Fox News has poisoned so much but not least among its sins is the way it corrupted black conservatism.
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22. Last thought: in alternative universe where GOP didn't adopt Southern Strategy in 1964, older black conservatism would flourish in party
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@HeerJeet I think about this point all the time.#Racism really got in the way of#BlackConservatism.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@HeerJeet Also wonder about#MalcolmX's death. Could Malcolm've lead sustainable BLK Conservatism? A Right Wing@RepBobbyRush?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@jason_patterson @RepBobbyRush Maybe Malcolm would have led a mass movement but it would be outside partisan politics.
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@HeerJeet But then I'm just getting into historical fiction.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - Show replies
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