I. Nihilism (Ch. 1)

     A. Causes

     B. Potential Cures

     C. Problems with Pleasure

     D. Overcoming Nihilism

II. Interpreting Clarence Thomas (Ch. 2)

     A. What defines 'blackness'

          1. History?

          2. Community?

     B. Individualism

III. Black Leadership (Ch. 3)

     A. Humility

     B. The meaning of clothes

     C. The role of intellectuals

IV. Black Conservatives (Ch. 4)

     A. affirmative action

     B. Critique of a Market Economy

V. Affirmative Action (Ch. 5)

     A. End of poverty

VI. Black-Jewish Relations (Ch. 6)

     A. meaning of black anti-Semitism

VII. Black Sexuality (Ch. 7)

     A. Role of Pop Culture

     B. Community and Inclusion

VIII. Malcolm X (Ch. 8)

     A. Constructive Critical Analysis

     B. Jazz and Heidegger

IX. Are Alternative Interpretations Possible

     A. Post-modernism

          1. End of

          2. Stabilizing of Capitalism

          3. Media images

     B. Simple Cynicism

          1. Accepting the analysis, rejecting the conclusion

     C. Again: contrast to Mill

     D. Limits of Philosophy

X. Coming full circle- back to our discussion of Descartes

XI. Robert Johnson