<html> <body> At 09:49 AM 10/21/2004, Doug Henwood wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Brad Mayer wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">TheBC: Middle Class! End of discussion on The BC.</blockquote> What the fuck does that mean? The Black Commentator is middle class? Lots of Americans - almost all in some surveys - consider themselves middle class. Most people would probably consider you middle class. You're going to do radical politics without a substantial chunk of the self-identified middle class? No wonder your MWMs fall 99% short. Doug</blockquote> I never get this one. If you're middle class (bourg), then you're incapable of being radical -- a sentiment almost always uttered by a middle class bourg -- which is to say, someone from the professional/managerial strata. same old problem: no explanation of how some become enlightened and the majority can't. Kelley</body> </html>