tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post113512505644396379..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Vision>Caution>Impatience>DemagogueryHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1135206419133480982005-12-21T18:06:00.000-05:002005-12-21T18:06:00.000-05:00I'm honored with your promos, HB and STK, and than...I'm honored with your promos, HB and STK, and thanks to J-Deal for starting this all off.<BR/><BR/>(I had already posted a response, but it seems to be stuck in Blogger purgatory, so here goes again---)<BR/><BR/>Yes, Mr. Deal, I was referring to America's loss of Booker T.'s vision. But my complaint with him and today's Black conservatives is that they seem to understand "the other side" better than their own.<BR/><BR/>Washington saw exactly what it would take to get through to (and around) whites, obviating segregation issues, but was unable to truly inspire his own people. His view was essentially materialistic, whereas DuBois spoke to "The Souls of Black Folk." Washington would or could never have written such a thing.<BR/><BR/>He promised a better tomorrow through hard work, but DuBois offered inherent dignity, as well as the instant satisfaction of righteous indignation. Marcus Garvey went even further with the seeds of "Black consciousness," a demagogic notion that "blackness" makes one innately special, an Übermensch.<BR/><BR/>Not having to do anything to be "special" is most appealing. It's my opinion that Martin Luther King's movement was a temporary revanchism toward DuBois, but the root, the main trunk, of today's Black thought (and problems) lies in Garveyism, and certainly not Washington.<BR/><BR/>(Connie, because you have such a unique perspective, you are an Überfan. Glory in it. Nietzsche observes that Übermenschen are persecuted, y'know.)Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1135177647541674862005-12-21T10:07:00.000-05:002005-12-21T10:07:00.000-05:00Tom, J-Deal, I want to thank both of you for the p...Tom, J-Deal, I want to thank both of you for the posts and comments you've done on this issue. I am better informed and happy to have had the opportunity to read something truly thoughtful. <BR/><BR/>We need an American Spectator piece out of this. Black History Month might make a good hook. I'm willing to help with introductions on that front.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.com