RustyShackleford
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Yeah but my thing is, when he is making this critique, does it not hit him that white leftist (often times affluent ones) are using him to do the same thing with among other white leftist.I overall like Adolph Reed although he does focuses on class, rather than race, more than I do. I agree with him that capital does select affluent black people, who are critical of white supremacy but supportive of capitalism, it amplifies their voices, at the expense of more radical and anti-capitalist black people, in order to manufacture consent among affluent white liberals. Even with black radical voices being drowned out, leftist, especially white leftists, need to seek those voices out and not allow themselves to be content with only hearing one black radical's perspective.
Reed is good but there are other black intellectuals out there and we, on the left, shouldn't use Reed to just bash liberals. Engage with the totality of his work and also seek out others' perspectives.