[lbo-talk] Adolph Reed on the limits of antiracism

[Bhaskar Sunkara]

I've tried to avoid engaging with Peter Ward ever since he claimed that I
was "an academic hawking for tenure" or something like that (and showed some
repulsive antisemitism), but seriously I'm not sure what that means---
"classism".  Is there a more disgusting, bourgeois, word?

On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


>
> On Oct 24, 2009, at 3:35 PM, Peter Ward wrote:
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>  Frankly, we could do with less philosophizing and more serious activism to
>> subvert the racism (and other forms of discrimination, such as classism)
>> that is integral to many of our institutions.
>>
>
> Just what is that comment directed at? I think that's in some sense a
> restatement of Adolph's point, but it's hard to tell.
>
> Doug
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