This is fairly entertaining, and I predict it will get a lot of votes because of who it attacks, but I don't think it's actually correct. I haven't noticed any change in the rate at which posers mention Derrida.
That's only because you live in Cambridge, MA.
PG, coincidence..??
edit: i forgot the sarcasm tags...
I only know PG. ;-)
The old hierarchy of the arts was dismissed as hopelessly reactionary. Instead, any cultural artifact produced by a member of a colonially oppressed out-group was deemed artistically and intellectually superior.