“I was challenged to a fistfight by Margo Jefferson, the Pulitzer Prize winner, New York Times writer, who is part of a feminist clique at the Times, which believes that Black men are the principal threat to the women of the world.” MenWorldBelieveBlackNew YorkThreatFeministWinnerPrizePrincipalNew York TimesClique Author:Ishmael Reed
“The cultural wars of the sixties are over. I've reconciled with those who were my critics and opponents years ago. I was at odds with some those who were Black nationalists. Yet when feminists attempted to end my career and leave me as literary road kill, it was the Black nationalists who came to my rescue.” YearsWarEndsBlackCareersYears AgoCriticsFeministOpponentsRescueOddsSixtyLeaving Me Author:Ishmael Reed
“[David] Mamet is another hypocrite. His idea of Black man is a pimp who abuses women, [Edmond], yet his play Oleanna [1994] ends with a White professor slapping an uppity feminist, at least the version I saw at San Francisco's ACT.” MenIdeasEndsPlayBlackWhiteSawsAbuseFeministVersionsProfessorsSan FranciscoHypocritePimpSlapping Author:Ishmael Reed
“I guess when it comes to this privileged White racist feminist movement they respect someone who treats them rough: John Wayne. Frank Sinatra. Phillip Roth.” WhiteMovementTreatsFeministRacistRoughFrankPrivilegedWayneFeminist MovementRespect Someone Author:Ishmael Reed
“Two of the great leaders of the past - Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass - had White fathers - who deserted them. Now Margo Jefferson, who is hard on me and the fellas, wrote in the Times that she has nocturnal, erotic fantasies about John Wayne. What's up with these feminists? Do you see these double standards these feminists have? They dream about John Wayne, but they're hard on us [Black men].” MenTwoHardDreamPastFatherBlackWhiteLeaderFantasyStandardsFeministEroticGreat LeaderWayneDouble StandardDesertedFellasNocturnal Author:Ishmael Reed
“The liberal wing of the feminist movement may have improved the lives of its middle- and upper-class constituency--indeed, 1992 was the Year of the White Middle Class Woman--but since the leadership of this faction of the feminist movement has singled out black men as the meta-enemy of women, these women represent one of the most serious threats to black male well-being since the Klan.” MenYearsWellsMayBlackWhiteEnemyClassMiddleMovementSeriousWingsThreatMalesFeministWell BeingMiddle ClassFactionsUpper ClassFeminist MovementBlack Males Book:Airing Dirty Laundry Source: Airing Dirty Laundry
