>>> dhenwood at panix.com 03/23/01 02:02PM >>>
Well, there is no authentic voice of black America, is there?
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CB: I wouldn't mind having one, sort of like Ho Chi Minh was for Viet Nam. Unity is a key to overcoming divide and conquer.
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The white ruling class likes to pick authentic voices - part of the luxury of being a ruling class is getting to designate the official representatives of groups you oppress - but I would like to hear Carrol's justification for a white Marxist doing a similar thing. Over the years, he's argued that "outsiders" have no right to offer opinions on matters of concern to "insiders" - I remember him making that argument about China's membership in the WTO, for example, which many non-Chinese oppose as detrimental to the interests of Chinese workers - but he does seem to have preferences for who represents the insiders. So I'd like to hear the theory behind the choosing.
Doug