rollingout | Over the past several months, Dr. Cornel West has been vocal in his
disapproval of President Barack Obama, as well as Dr. West’s fellow
intellectuals and cultural commentators; Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Rev.
Al Sharpton. Speaking last year in regard to President Obama’s 2013
inauguration. Dr. West stated, “We saw, of course, the coronation of the
bonafide house Negro of the Obama plantation, our dear brother Al
Sharpton, supported by the Michael Dysons and others who’ve really
prostituted themselves intellectually in a very ugly and vicious way.”
As he spoke about the state of black intellectualism at Rev.
Sharpton’s National Action Network Conference yesterday (April 10th),
Dr. Dyson addressed Dr. West’s criticisms.
“The prophetic temptation is to believe your voice is the only voice,” said Dr. Dyson. “[You think that] your vision is the only vision. That’s what makes you a genius at a certain level. That’s the nature of genius — but you’re tripping, because you’re not the only one.”
“I don’t see [humility] in a lot of Negroes talking. They act like
it’s ‘my way or the highway’ — you ain’t Frank Sinatra!” he continued.
“Howard Thurman said, ‘You can go to the Atlantic Ocean, you can dip
your glass into the Atlantic Ocean and it may be full of the Atlantic
Ocean — but it ain’t all of the Atlantic Ocean. So stop thinking that your way is the only way. It may be a great way, it may be a powerful
way that works for you, but one size don’t [sic] fit all. So be honest
and humble in genuine terms — not the public performance of humility
masquerading a huge ego. No amount of hair can cover that.”
After insinuating that he was referring to Dr. West, Dr. Dyson spoke about his contemporary directly.
“I’ve probably known him longer than anybody on this panel. Hung out
with him,” Dyson said. “I’ve been a victim of his vicious assaults in
public. I’ve held my powder. That ain’t my usual nature. [Dr. Farah
Griffin] called me up and I listened to Farah. Because she loves us both
[and was] trying to negotiate a cease of hostilities. But I’m not going
to pretend that it doesn’t hurt for you to call me a sellout because I
disagree with you. You can be ‘ride-or-die,’ but while you’re riding —
see who your vehicle is rolling over.”
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"No amount of hair can cover that.”
lol, score one for the techies
Black and White people I'm good and sick of, but I like techies
Oh, sociology. Saw the Dr. there and got confused. Nevermind, I don't care who wins.
I wonder what their fall is going to be like. I might not have to wait long.
http://youtu.be/2O8gTIr4lys
A Rockefeller Republican implies the liberal/moderate elements of the Republican Party which voted for the Civil Rights/Voting Rights Acts. It would be more accurate in terms of violating the Constitution and wars of aggression to call Obama a Nixon or Bush Republican. However, since West (and Smiley) voted for Obama, he should not be calling him anything.
Neither of these Obama critics could manage to break the monopoly which the corrupt two-party system had on their minds, nor could they liberate themselves from the false dichotomy of the greater or lesser evil.
They simply could not bring themselves to see that Barack Obama is not the lesser of two evils. He is as Bro. Glen Ford so aptly states, “the more effective evil,” therefore far more dangerous than Romney could ever hope to be.
Obama Administration Seeks More Reparations For Jews
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