[billhilly]

Well, I've read through eleven posts now, and It seems to me that I read a different story than others read. This seemed to be a writer's disgust with Jayson Blair, and disgust with the old fall back of covering every problem by blaming someone else, in this case, the white demon.

Maybe I'm the one who misread it.That's what makes an honest dialogue between blacks and whites so difficult.

[dead]

I agree with you to a point, that's why I posted it.

My only disagreement with the author would be his unstated contention that there is nothing wrong with black people knowing that OJ was guilty and still supporting his acquittal. Or knowing that Tawana Brawly was lying and still supporting her dopey story, no matter how many innocent people's lives were destroyed by her (and Sharpton's) lies.

I get the impression from his writing that, deep down, Ta-Nehisi Coates knows that that is a pathetic and ineffective form of retribution for real wrongs.

He's willing to point out that Jayson Blair is a total fraud and dickhead for exploiting that mindset, but he won't make the leap and clearly state that that mindset is wrong and destructive.

He wants it both ways in a sense.