This is the same john mcwhorter that damn dash flamed on a bob costas show yrs ago look it up
Jus like hip hop and media in general people play certain positions to commidfy imagrey to certain audiences...in short, his commentary is rooted in the rewards not reality.
Even if you felt his commentary was coming from a geniune place, how seriously can you take someone speaking on the decisions and mentalities of a group of people hes not only not from, but incapable of even interacting with and relating to? How can you speak on who you cant even speak to or
with
The idea that he would even refer to him as "middle class" is an indication of, if not ignorance, detachment . The lives and fates of black revolutionary blacks , and their families, is well documented. These weren't black lives matter or feminist protesters... the government punished them...there was no upward mobility career escape hatch for their ilk like the media friendly counterparts of today or yesteryear ...