Michael Yates
Chuck0 wrote:
>
> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > >The same went for the Scottsboro case. The Communists took up the case
> > >before others came around to it. Mark Naison writes in _Communists in
> > >Harlem during the Depression_ (Urbana: U of Illinois P, 1983):
> >
> > Maybe one of you could explain why Mumia's cause has failed to find
> > any significant black support.
>
> I hate to suggest, economic reasons?
>
> I live in Prince Georges County, Maryland, which has the wealthiest
> African American middle class in the U.S. Needless to say, I rarely see
> anything political being worn by anybody on my subway trips. When I've
> worn Free Mumia shirts I've gotten a few looks, but very few comments.
>
> Could it be that most African Americans just aren't as political as
> before? What is to be made of the fact that African American "leaders"
> like Jesse Jackson are writing books on black entrepeneurship?
>
> Could it be that radical politics is seen by many African Americans as
> an anachronism?
>
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