[lbo-talk] Re: The Black Commentator on Cosby

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jul 5 15:14:17 PDT 2004


Chuck Grimes wrote:


>Since role model culture and structural analysis do not peacefully
>coexist (indeed, you might say role model culture pushes the
>analytical tendency into the shadows) I wonder how much of its
>dominance can be attributed to propaganda? .d.
>
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>All of it? The dominance of character over structure is the basis of
>propaganda.

Adolph Reed once said the role model obsession was the result of the would-be modelers' petit bourgeois narcissism.

Doug



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