BTW w/ respect to Farrakhan, it probably is relatively fertile ground for the Right if the Media allows the ridiculous frame of the President being responsible for all future statements and future writings of Bell’s. My understanding is Bell had a visceral & tactical objection to public denunciations of minority leaders as he saw it as a destructive way of gaining standing for your future arguments from the general white majority audiences. This lead to a number of cringe-worthy writings & statements in the mid-90s when he was challenged on Farrakhan, as well as at least one ridiculous & convoluted defense of one of Farrakhan’s indefensible statements.