tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11506454.post116163320675765945..comments2023-11-03T03:26:57.112-05:00Comments on Planet Grenada: understanding the new "racial olympics"Abdul-Halim V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03811018180731403335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11506454.post-1161739595645852582006-10-24T20:26:00.000-05:002006-10-24T20:26:00.000-05:00When you read the statement as written that's what...When you read the statement as written that's what it says. Since his long bibliography has Assante and other "usual suspects" he could have easily added an actual nationalist (Assante) to make that point. Of course then he'd have to deal with the fact that Assante does not agree with Gates on many issues which would undercut one of his themes.<BR/><BR/>ha ha.. The word verification is Rahkim!!!sondjatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06770540934297277676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11506454.post-1161738194737198622006-10-24T20:03:00.000-05:002006-10-24T20:03:00.000-05:00I agree with you that Gates is not a Black Nationa...I agree with you that Gates is not a Black Nationalist. I don't think that Aidi is claiming that Gates is a Black Nationalist.Abdul-Halim V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03811018180731403335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11506454.post-1161724579301311542006-10-24T16:16:00.000-05:002006-10-24T16:16:00.000-05:00statement:TheWonders of the African World, a six-p...statement:<BR/><BR/><I>TheWonders of the African World, a six-part documentary produced by the renowned African-American intellectual, Henry Louis Gates,</I><BR/><BR/>followed to paragraphs down, with no other individual cited by:<BR/><BR/><I>Black nationalists are not the only group in the United States to claim certain cultures, spaces and eras of the Arab world as theirs for their own purposes. </I><BR/><BR/>Which means that the author has laid claim to Gates being a Nationalist.sondjatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06770540934297277676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11506454.post-1161702580338301542006-10-24T10:09:00.000-05:002006-10-24T10:09:00.000-05:00where is Gates called a nationalist?where is Gates called a nationalist?Abdul-Halim V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03811018180731403335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11506454.post-1161699237824454092006-10-24T09:13:00.000-05:002006-10-24T09:13:00.000-05:00having disputed the post over at third resurrectio...having disputed the post over at third resurrection I see that the subject needs revisiting...again.<BR/><BR/>sigh....<BR/><BR/>Gates as "Nationalist"? when one gets that kind of stuff wrong the entire peice becomes suspect.sondjatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06770540934297277676noreply@blogger.com