Princeton professor Cornel West who the media describes as a "leading black intellectual", yesterday lambasted President Obama, as “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats.” West also said that Obama "has not been true to his race."
So West views Obama as a race traitor for getting too close to powerful white folks. Let's imagine for a moment what would happen if a "leading white intellectual" criticized House Speaker John Boehner for being too close to powerful black men and called him a race traitor. That would be the end of the career of that leading white intellectual. There would be thousands of articles floating through the mainstream media. Coverage would be non-stop. Indeed, it would be just like the 24/7 coverage that the West comments have generated. Oh wait.....there is no coverage of the West comments.
One has to wonder why it is acceptable for Cornel West to criticize Obama in harsh racist terms but it is not acceptable for a white man to do the same thing?
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