[lbo-talk] Left Behind: Race and the Second Amendment

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jul 19 13:19:50 PDT 2004


R wrote:


>spike lee in a CNN interview (ostensibly about his new movie) came out
>strongly in support of cosby's recent comments -- which he's support since
>they were uttered. he applauded on the air and stated (paraphrasing) that
>in the past black kids were unable to read due to poor, segregated schools;
>now many can't read and write by choice. they identify being able to read
>with being "white" and attack their fellow students who want to learn for
>acting and wanting to be "white." actually, this is old news.

Spike Lee got rich and moved to the Upper East Side. It's tempting to think that class is the final determinant in the last instance, or however Althusser put it.

Doug



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