The focus of any critic of the President Obama — be it Dr. Cornel West, be it Tavis Smiley, be it me, be it you — should be all about policy and not personal issues, because if we go down that road, we’re no different than Rush Limbaugh, or Glenn Beck, or Sean Hannity, or […]
Roland Martin interviews Dr. Cornel West. Recently, Dr. West harshly criticized President Barack Obama, citing a number of personal and policy issues as the basis of his critique.
NEW YORK — Writer Stanley Crouch says Dr. Cornel West is narcissistic, a sensationalist, and an “academic loudmouth” who can’t be taken seriously by “true” black intellectuals, in a recent NYdailynews.com article. He also said that this man would prefer to have himself seen as a “revolutionary” – one whose pay level is commensurate with […]
In this execlusive report by NewsOne, correspondent Stacy Samuel looks into Al Sharpton’s movement from firebrand to a elder statesman in the civil rights movement, and the televised conversation with Cornel West. Sharpton says during the interview “A lot of Blacks in the intellectual circles have a problem with me because of class issues,” Sharpton […]
Washington — Cornel West has continued his harsh post election criticism of President Barack Obama. According to Firedog Lake, West told the show “Democracy Now” Gonzalez had asked Prof. West to comment on Kanye West’s assertion that “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people;” but the professor diverted into criticism of the current Administration. He […]
Professor Cornel West confesses that he’s having second thoughts about President Obama. In an interview with Playboy, he said he wished the president were more “Martin Luther King-like.”
BlackWeb2.o is reporting that Tavis Smiley and Cornel West will be joining forces for their own radio show. Princeton professor Cornel West and broadcaster Tavis Smiley are joining forces this fall to co-host a new radio show. Both are provocative and well-known public figures and leveraging the current popularity of the Tavis Smiley Show and […]
