Cornel West Says Black Prophetic Tradition Has Reawakened for Obama’s Second Term
Professor Cornel West and Tavis Smiley are planning to hold a symposium on poverty on January 17th, right before President Obama’s inauguration. During an interview with Democracy Now, West says that the black prophetic tradition has reawakened, and that there is a growing resurgence of the black prophetic tradition that doesn’t look at politics solely [...]
Desperate Right Wingers Attack FLOTUS as “Radical” and “Marxist” in Last Ditch Attempt to Scare Voters
The first lady is usually off limits in campaigns, at least that has been the rule in previous campaigns. Hillary Clinton was included in the political fray because she was involved in the policy decisions of her husband, but Michelle Obama has kept to traditional first lady duties, spending most of her time encouraging kids [...]
With Poverty Being the Worst in Decades, Maybe We Owe Tavis and Cornel an Apology
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, KultureKritic.com It has recently been reported that if poverty goes up by just .1% this year, it will be the worst poverty that America has experienced since 1965. Peter Edelman, director of the Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy, attributes the poverty increase to a host of factors, [...]
Opinion: Obama Has Condoned Marriage Inequality, but Will He Ever Condemn Poverty?
Lauren Brown Jarvis wrote an article for AOL Black Voices calling for the Obama Administration to be as diligent in condemning poverty as it has been in condoning same s*x marriage. She mentions the oft-ridiculed poverty tour of Cornel West and Tavis Smiley and how American liberals seem to care less about poverty and [...]
Cornel West: “I Want to be Like Jesus”
In November 2007, Cornel West got onstage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem and before a hollering crowd of more than a thousand people, with much arm-waving and wrist-flapping, along with a certain amount of a*s-wagging, introduced his candidate for president of the United States—“my brother, my companion, and my comrade”—Barack Obama. “He’s an eloquent brother,” preached [...]
Dr. Cornel West: ‘Obama is a Disastrous Response to a Catastrophe’
The Huffington Post recently caught up with Dr. Cornel West and asked him his opinion of both President Obama and Mitt Romney. Although West said Obama is a better choice than Romney, it wasn’t exactly a glowing endorsement. “Mitt Romney is a catastrophic response to a catastrophe, whereas Obama is a disastrous response to a [...]
Yvette Carnell: Tyler Perry Hosts Two Obama Fundraisers, So Why Does He Get Dogged by So Many Obama Supporters?
by Yvette Carnell Something I’ve never quite understood is how the same people who say we should support Obama at all costs because he’s black, are quick to turn right around and bash Tyler Perry, as if he’s not. These high brow Negroes are quick to poo-poo Perry’s films because they’re too *common*, then, almost [...]
Cornel West, Angela Davis and Other Black Scholars Speak Up Against Mass Incarceration
by Dr. Boyce Watkins Angela Davis, Michelle Alexander, Cornel West and Marc Lamont Hill all gathered at the Riverside Baptist Church to call for an end to mass incarceration. The US prison population has grown dramatically over the last three decades, and has had a disproportionate impact on the black American family. Millions of us [...]
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