Joanna
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From: shag at cleandraws.com
> Carl (CGE) recommended Walter Benn Michaels, The Trouble with Diversity.
> I'd enjoyed the review, reposted below.
>
> I have some criticisms of the book --mostly I am curious who he thinks he
> has to admonish. That is, I think he's confused. Most folks who are
> lefties (as on this list) are and have been making these same criticisms
> for nearly two decades. I have. The rest? These are liberals, democrats,
> etc. and they have never been interested in economic inequality anyway.
> So, it seems like his book is kind of a wasted effort. The people who
> think like this aren't ever going to change their minds.
>
> but that said, who is this guy? I've barely heard of him and he makes
> $175k in Chicago? as a professor of English? at a public university? did
> the fortunes of the professoriate dramatically reverse in the last 8
> years?
>
> He acknowledges that he's doing pretty well for himself, of course, which
> was the point of the whole "about Walter Benn Michaels" chapter -- which
> was pretty funny in terms of a rhetorical tactic to deploy against
> critics.
>
> And CGE, I'm disappointed that you haven't responded!
>
> shag (artist formerly known as bitch)
> http://cleandraws.com
> Wear Clean Draws
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