Houston A. Baker discusses his latest work, Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Civil Rights Era
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 @ 6 pm
| Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe |
| 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd Between 124th and 125th Streets |
Author Houston A. Baker, Jr. is frustrated with the state of, or rather, the lack of racial activism today. Part of the blame rests with contemporary neoconservatives, who Baker claims have sabotaged the civil rights and black power movements by promoting racial injustice under a banner of social equality. But Baker is most bothered by prominent black intellectuals who purport to advance the civil rights movement.
In fiery chapters on each scholar, Baker lambastes Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, Shelby Steele, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and others for disingenuous politics, centrism, and above all the vainglorious pursuit of academic and political influence at the expense of the broader black majority, who still suffer from social and economic injustice.
GDAWG
April 7, 2008
I guess the same could be said for the azz holes who vilified the now “innocent youths” in the Central Park (rape / beating) Jogger episode. I guess you could say I ain’t feelin the duke clan.
Rinvilla
April 7, 2008
This guy is an idiot and his idiocy is best illustrated in his actions regarding the Duke LaCrosse Team issue, check him out on Wikipedia.
Is he honorable and man enough to own up to his idiocy? No.