Ben Horowitz: The Multi-Billionaire Venture Capitalist, Who Uses The N-Word Liberally In His Book
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Spike Lee was on to something when he made Bamboozled, all those years ago.
Bamboozled is one of those joints which has aged incredibly well. The late film critic —Stanley Crouch — who was known for his perennial evisceration of Lee, was somewhat generous in his assessment of this particular work.
And anyone who has seen the film will remember Michael Rappaport’s character — Thomas Dunwitty.
We meet Thomas Dunwitty in the movie upbraiding Pierre Delacroix played by Damon Wayans for not being Black enough. To get his point across, Dunwitty displays his knowledge of African-American culture and also lets us into the fact that he is married to a Black woman.
And not to mention his use of the N-word.
So what’s Thomas Dunwitty got to do with one of the biggest venture capitalists in the world, I hear you ask?
Quite a bit.
Ben Horowitz is a real-life Thomas Dunwitty.
In his book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers, we get to learn a bit about the man behind Netscape and countless other start-ups.