>if you read this New Yorker piece: > >https://www.newyorker.com/culture/essay/clarence-thomass-radical-vision-of-race > >He echoes a lot of radical black nationalism that I heard a >lot growing up. Like my dad was very critical of a core >premise of integration and brown v board, which is black kids >needed to be around white kids to get a good education.
I always understood it as black folks needed access to the resources that white kids had in order to compete. And in those days, the quickest way to get those resources was by getting into white institutions. Just being around the white kids wasn't it.
When I get a free minute, I'll check out this article.