He goes off the Left reservation in some important ways, but I think he brings something original to the table as well. I'd say the same for Stanley Crouch. You can be black and conservative and still have insights about race.
My impression is that he has done a ton for multiculturalism, in the sense of supporting new artistic voices of assorted ethnicities.
I've never read Gates, though I watched a documentary once about some huge Black history project he was running that looked like a good thing.
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Michael Pollak Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 12:50 AM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] who made Gates #1?
On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Dwayne Monroe wrote:
> What Reed calls "downtown feminism" does indeed exist and does
indeed
> nurture denunciations of black and Latino men as especially
misogynistic
> (the implication being that white men, while still pigs, are pigs of
a
> somewhat higher order).
>
> Shag can provide links to texts (some no doubt in the archives of
her
> own blog) if anyone cares to chase that rabbit.
I confess complete ignorance. I've never even heard of this current of anti-male black male feminism. It sounds pretty pernicious. I never heard the term "downtown feminism" before and thought it was Reed's perjorative term for feminists who lived in New York.
So you if you could post some links, I look forward to reading them. It sounds like Shag's links have bit the dust. And if you know know of any of Gate's writings where he supports what sounds like the worst thing current in feminism since WAP, I'd be interested in that too.
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