I Asked Joe Weixlmann Why He Would

I Reached The Age Of 70, Because I Have Cultivated An Association Of Multicultural Intellectuals Who Are Informed And Alert To Whatever "tricknology" That's Laid On Us By The Powers That Be. These Include White Ethnic Intellectuals- People Who Know Their Roots- As Well As Native American, Asian American, Hispanic And Black Intellectuals. These Are Thirty, Forty-year Associations With Some Of The Best Minds Around. Minds That Are Ignored By The Media.

I Think Black Intellectuals See Too Deeply. That's The Problem. It's A Cause Of Anxiety, Because We See Things Differently.

I Consider Racism To Be A Medical Problem. Racists Need Serious Medical And Psychiatric Help, Because They Are Killing Themselves And Making Others Suffer Along With Them.

I Used To Be A Discipline Problem, Which Caused Me Embarrassment Until I Realized That Being A Discipline Problem In A Racist Society Is Sometimes An Honor.

The Last Publicized Center Of American Writing Was Manhattan. Its Writers Became Known As The New York Intellectuals. With Important Connections To Publishing, And Universities, With Access To The Major Book Reviews, They Were Able To Pose As The Vanguard Of American Culture When They Were So Obsessed With The Two Joes--mccarthy And Stalin--that They Were To Produce Only Two Artists, Saul Bellow And Philip Roth, Who Left Town.