This is where he went wrong. The line before it about putting critical thinking over black solidarity was a warning that he was about to go wrong, but that line was at least semiagreeable, critical thinking is better than black solidarity. He still delivered this view condescendingly. It just kind of makes him look stupid when his very next line lacks critical thinking. Now it has to seem like I only disagree with him because of black solidarity, when in fact I disagree with him because he is full of shit.
It's too bad too, he may actually have had a valid point somewhere in there, but I'll never know because he broke the first rule of journalism, don't open with bullshit or you'll get TL;DR'd.