On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 3:38 PM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com>wrote:
> i think you are being defensive. :) everything you say below is not an
> argument against charles' position. it is support for it.
>
> if you (general you, not you alan, you) can be blinded by a privileged
> position to think public was public and inclusive in 1840s and forget that a
> lot of folks were left out, then charles can also be blinded by his
> privileged position and not think about native americans or poor whites or
> even engage in racism against black -- internalized racism. I know. Adoph
> Reed thinks blacks should stop worrying about whether Oprah is racist. btw
> keep meaning to post this from angela. she wrote it when i accused charles
> of being a sexist and he accused me of being a racist. that is why he
> sometimes signs off as chaz -- as joking reference to that argument. :)
>
> angela is way better on identity politics than AR and WBM every imagined
> being. i am not smart enough to understand angela without reading her three
> times, but if you have to read her a lot to get it, i promise, it's really
> actually worth it.
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