re: #539 Creeping Diversity
I don’t see what Bell said as Bell being apologetic for Farrakhan, but rather saying that Farrakhan represents a non-literally-militant Black leader, and that if things get worse (which Bell thought they would, being a pessimist) there would be actually militant black leaders emerging.
I disagree with Bell’s pessimism, but I don’t think it’s an innately hostile or terrible point of view. Just a sad one.