A reminder of what kind of person Cornel West is.

[RandySF]

But too many black people are niggerized. I would say the first black president has become the first niggerized black president.

CNN ANCHOR: What do you mean by that?

WEST: A niggerized black person is a black person who is afraid and scared and intimidated when it comes to putting a spotlight on white supremacy and fighting against white supremacy. So when many of us said we have to fight against racism, what were we told? 'No, he can't deal with racism because he has other issues, political calculations. He's the president of all America, not just black America.' We know he's president of all America but white supremacy is American as cherry pie.

We're talking about moral issues, spiritual issues, emotional issues. White supremacy has nothing to do with just skin pigmentation, it has to be what kind of person you want to be, what kind of nation we want to be. Democrats and Republicans play on both of those parties in terms of running away from the vicious legacy of white supremacy until it hits us hard. Thank God for Ferguson. Thank God for the young folk of all colors. Thank God for Staten Island and fighting there. Thank God in Baltimore, now the precious folk in Charleston.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/06/22/cornel_west_on_obama_the_first_black_president_has_become_the_first_niggerized_black_president.html

[cantbeserious]

1. Speaking Truth To Power

eom

[demwing]

2. You know you're just giving the Republicans ammo

Why are you a Bernie hater? Do you want to years of TRump?

Have some respect for the front runner Randy...

[leveymg]

3. CW is right. You and other conservatives just don't get it.

[shenmue]

5. Randy is a conservative?

[RandySF]

6. I'm a conservative now?

And the n-word is an acceptable description of the president?

[shenmue]

10. That's the crowd you're dealing with

Just anything is acceptable.

[leveymg]

12. Intentionally obtuse.

You know exactly what Prof. West is saying but prefer to pretend to be shocked by his provocative rhetoric to score unearned debate points for the HRC team. More campaign vilification. Can't you guys do better than this sort of quoting out of context for shock effect?

[RandySF]

13. The word has a way of obscuring what he said.

And wiping away any credibility he had left.

[leveymg]

14. The word still holds the possibility of change in the right hands such as Cornell West

The whole history and meaning of race relations in America has been dumbed down by Wall Street for its own benefit. Yes, there is a conservative version that is very much alive and killing the possibility of real systemic change. That is what West is saying.

[grasswire]

17. the question for me now is....

...what is Obama's record on opposing white privilege and racism in America today?

The answer to that will tell us whether or not Dr. West is correct in his assessment.

[leveymg]

18. President Obama has his own standards while Dr. West has every right to differ.

One can respect their differences while agreeing with neither or both, if one sees an essential similarity of desire for greater equality. I prefer to embrace the essential similarity of both, while being mindful of the real differences. It's not an either/or choice.

[mythology]

15. Because if somebody disagrees with you, they are a conservative?

Cornel West is a joke, but not a funny one.

[shenmue]

4. I used to think he had something, but a few years ago, I think he went nuts

[jaysunb]

8. +1 n/t

[Scootaloo]

7. Still beats Kissinger. n/t

[KG]

9. I lulz'ed

[Bucky]

11. Childish rhetoric, petulant attitude

Shock value observations belong on the comedy circuit, not a grown up news show. Sorry, but the second you call the president of the United States a nigger, even in a roundabout fashion, you lose my attention.

[appalachiablue]

16. For years I've followed West and read some of his writings. He has very interesting ideas

and quite a wealth of knowledge, that's what I and black family members think. Dyson has his views like anyone.