[lbo-talk] blacks about as morally conservative as Republicans

[Carrol Cox]

Can anyone explain in 100 words or less just why this topic is so
popular? In the past numerous writers have tried to draw a line of
demarcation between contexts in which speaking of "blacks" as a single
(coherent?) entity could make sense and contexts in which it made no
sense. For example, it makes no sense to speak of "blacks" as a category
in reference to the mythical "average intelligence." In respect to that
one can only speak intelligibly of individuals, independently of  group
characteristics. To speak of the average intelligence of "blacks" is to
reveal oneself as a slimy racist who ought to be denied the company of
decent men and women. I have only sampled this thread and have no desire
to read much further, but unless there is strong  evidence to the
contrary, I would suspect that the question of black homophobia _as_
_black_ homophobia is as racist as the question of black intelligence. I
would welcome (short) rebuttals of this feeling.

Carrol