Mind Control
Can someone who believes that "Black leaders" lead Blacks to think a certain way, give me concrete proof that this is the case?
You have to be able to demonstrate that Blacks, as a group, believed one way until a "Black leader" said differently.
Or, you have to be able to demonstrate that Blacks, as a group, had no concrete opinion on something until a "Black leader" "told Blacks how to think".
This has to go beyond ancedotes, please.
Posted by at April 29, 2005 07:20 PM
| TrackBack
There's a whole set of folks in political science who basically argue that "ideology" is the product of opinion leaders and people get their political ideas from these opinion leaders. They're talking largely about whites, but the argument is a universal one. In response there've been a few people who have used the experiences of black people to make the argument that ideology doesn't necessarily flow from the top down, but can flow from the bottom up...or even flow somewhere off on the side. There is a way to get at this question experimentally...I think Melissa Harris-Lacewell's BARBERSHOPS, BIBLES, AND BET might get at some of this.
There's a whole set of folks in political science who basically argue that "ideology" is the product of opinion leaders and people get their political ideas from these opinion leaders. They're talking largely about whites, but the argument is a universal one. In response there've been a few people who have used the experiences of black people to make the argument that ideology doesn't necessarily flow from the top down, but can flow from the bottom up...or even flow somewhere off on the side. There is a way to get at this question experimentally...I think Melissa Harris-Lacewell's BARBERSHOPS, BIBLES, AND BET might get at some of this.
Posted by: Lester Spence at April 29, 2005 09:22 PM