Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index.
Contents
Introduction: On being a Black intellectual -- Part I: On being an affirmative action baby. Racial preferences? So what? ; The representatives of the people ; The best Black ; Racial justice on the cheap -- Part II: On being a Black dissenter. Silencing dissent ; On contenting oneself with silence ; Why "Black conservative" is pejorative ; Silencing doubt -- Part III: On solidarity and reconciliation. The special perspective ; Special but equal ; Racial solidarity and the Black intellectual.