the same kind of liberal preaching

"'Do you like Peter Abrahams?' I asked.

"'Well, he's not a bad writer,' he said. 'He's too self-conscious, that's the problem. He doesn't write like an African. Do you know what this book reminds me of? Alan Paton. It has the same kind of liberal preaching, soft-nosed and confused. Do you know what I mean? There is no sense of identification with the mass of oppressed Africans.'"

~~ from Memory of Departure by Abdulrazak Gurnah