Cornel talked about Barack Obama's precarious position of "showing love" to African Americans while courting many people who embrace "white supremacy".
Dear friends,
The very short video piece on the link below is from a conference that was convened by radio and television personality Tavis Smiley, during the recent presidential campaign (2008). The segment airs comments by noted African American scholar/activist Cornel West, a man who I have known personally for many years. Cornel talks about Barack Obama's precarious position of "showing love" to African Americans while courting many people who embrace "white supremacy". Of course, at least to me, the broader question is: How can a nation that embraces "white supremacy" also claim to embrace "democracy"? Moreover, why is it that President Obama has to represent ALL Americans, when not a single one of his predecessors has ever had that standard, from the slave owner George Washington to Bill Clinton who was the president when the Million Man March went down?
At any rate, Professor West (Princeton University) is always straight to the point, yet highly philosophical - and, at least to me, mostly quite correct. Enjoy!
G. Djata Bumpus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXj3_pjTTwg
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