>On Nov 14, 2007, at 10:30 AM, Dwayne Monroe wrote:
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>We can be disturbed, but we shouldn't be surprised when African
>Americans behave like other human beings by creating hierarchies.
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>It's not news to you, or me, but it is to a lot of white people, and
>the subset of black people who are nationalists of the WBAI sort (or,
>what Adolph Reed recently called subscribers to the shopkeeper school
>of race patriotism).
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My ex, ex brother in law (who was black) was one of the most racist men
I've ever known. The idea that oppressed people are naturally
compassionate and radical is one of the most mistaken notions of all
time. Alas.
Joanna