>"what is the role of the
>black intellectual working within academia
>or the system?"

To think, write, and speak truthfully and courageously.

>
>"what intellectual resources and traditions can/should
>black intellectuals utilize?"

All available resources even the eurocentric ones.

> -are marxists, socialist, anarchist,
>feminist, post colonial and queer
>theorists vital to the predicament
>of black people?

No.

>
>"is there a monolithic 'Black' community
>that intellectuals are responsible to?"

Yes and no.
>
> -if so how does
>this community accomodate differences of
>class, gender, religion, and sexual
>orientation?

True justice as the plumbline.

> -who defines what is
>aunthentic and inauthentic in this
>community?

Those who are a part of the community. You know who you are.

>
>i will return with my comments
>but overall i think focusing
>ones politics on questions of
>authenticity is short sighted and
>ultimately defeating.
>
>native son