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Gigi S. — 5 years ago(June 24, 2020 11:02 PM)
Bentley I read Black Anti-Intellectualism a decade ago. I wish I could find the author's name. I should be reading more but lately I feel unmotivated in the environment I'm currently in. I was able to relax enough to listen to yesterday's Wall Street Journal podcast.
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Gigi S. — 5 years ago(June 24, 2020 11:56 PM)
You're the type of racist whose unaware of his racism. You assumed that I'm the type of black woman that doesn't like reading and that I prefer being ignorant. You're incorrect. I read casually not to become smarter, I do it because I prefer reading than carrying on a discussion with stupid people.
I can no longer find the book's title and author on Bing or Google because its no longer available anywhere. So many books I've read about slavery and the psychology about how the black community shuns intellectual black people because mainstream Black America associates intellectualism with homosexuality. It's basic homophobia 101.
Furthermore, to be an intellectual is not the same as being an educated person. I don't think the majority of Americans realise this.