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Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 11:35 pm:

Valid point, Cynique. West may be as aloof and elitist as DuBois, although his being such does not diminish his standing & accomplishments in my eyes. Many of our most effective "eggheads" have been wholly full of themselves.

And although I might expect West to on occasion serve as a visiting professor at HBCU's, I don't begrudge his choosing to wield his intellectual prowess at the nation's most wealthy and prestigous universities (cushy/comfy though they may be). After all, a great warriors can make her/his most effective "kills" while operating behind enemy lines.

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