Zionism vs. Black Nationalism

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Aug 6 07:12:16 PDT 2001


Art McGee wrote:


>"We" is African descendents, idiot. Hip-Hop didn't just
>start yesterday you stupid fuck, so stop being disingenous
>and pointing to your contemporary observations.

Just what is this level of hostility meant to accomplish?


> > From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>> >XIII. We will struggle to build multicultural solidarity and
>> >alliances among all people of color.
>
>What the fuck does this have to do with the points I'm
>trying to make? I'm talking about the realities of how the
>ruling class marginalizes the revolutionary spirit of Black
>people, and you're quoting something which is completely
>irrelevent to this conversation, not the least reason of
>which is because I'm speaking here for my fucking self.

Of course your fucking self can speak as it likes, but I thought there was an interesting contrast between the flexibility of the BRC's official position on race and the race essentialism demonstrated by its Internet coordinator.

What is this "revolutionary spirit of Black people" anyway? Most politically active American blacks are loyal Democrats, and many are quite religious and socially conservative.

Doug



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