During his lifetime, some African Americans questioned whether, as a foreigner, he really understood the racial issues present in U.S. society, and later African American leaders often took the view that Garvey had failed to adequately address anti-black racism in his thought. Grant noted that in the years following Garvey's death, his life was primarily presented by his political opponents. Writing for "The Black Scholar" in 1972, the scholar of African-American studies Wilson S. Moses expressed concern about the "uncritical adulation" of Garvey within African-American political circles. In Moses' opinion, this adulation led to "red baiting" and "divisive rhetoric" about being "Blacker-than-thou". Moses argued that it was wrong for people to regard Garvey as a "man of the people" because the latter came from a petty bourgeoise background and had "enjoyed cultural, economic, and educational advantages few of his black contemporaries" had enjoyed.