Class Notes : Posing as Politics and Other Thoughts on the American Scene

Preface v Introduction vii PART I--Issues in Black Public Life Why Is There No Black Political Movement? 3(7) The Curse of ``Community'' 10(4) Romancing Jim Crow 14(11) Have We Exhaled Yet? 25(4) We Were Framed 29(4) What Color Is Antisemitism? 33(4) The Rise of Louis Farrakhan 37(24) Triumph of the Tuskegee Will 61(3) Martyrs and False Populists 64(7) Tokens of the White Left 71(6) ``What Are the Drums Saying, Booker?'': The Curious Role of the Black Public Intellectual 77(16) PART II--Equality & Ideology in American Politics The Underclass Myth 93(8) Pimping Poverty, Then and Now 101(8) Liberals, I Do Despise 109(4) Kiss the Family Good-bye 113(6) A Polluted Debate 119(5) Nasty Habits 124(4) A Livable Wage 128(5) Token Equality 133(6) Skin Deep 139(5) The Content of Our Cardiovascular 144(4) Looking Backward 148(19) PART III--The Question of Practice Posing As Politics 167(4) Ethnic Studies and Pluralist Politics 171(9) The Battle of Liberty Monument 180(7) Looking Back at Brown 187(5) Sectarians on the Prowl 192(4) ``Fayettenam,'' 1969: Tales from a G.I. Coffeehouse 196(7) The Longer March 203(4) Building Solidarity 207