hey thanks for posting that. it's cool to see michael eric dyson and john mcwhorter engage in public debate. i'm reminded of chris rock's take:

"So since we don't have any black leaders, we've starting making leaders out of entertainers. But come on, most entertainers aren't smart enough to be leaders. That's why we're entertainers. And I don't get all this emotion about Tupac and Biggie being killed. I liked their music, too, but come on. News reports saying Tupac and Biggie were assassinated by an assassin's bullet. No. MLK was assassinated, Malcolm X was assassinated, JFK was assassinated. Those two niggas was shot."

btw, nick broomfield just finished a tupac/biggie documentary. [1]