My response to Professor Cornell West’s opinions expressed on The Ed Show
Professor West is a well known and respected fellow within not only the academic community but the African-American community as well. His opinions have been used by many as a guide to better living and attempts at positioning themselves for a better life. His knowledge and understanding of the issues are legendary and makes all of us regardless of community strive to measure up, but he is no Barack Obama. Mr. West was reported as having some very negative things to say about President Obama and while some of his points were valid, his path to arrive at these points were so far off base that I had to watch the re-run of the Ed Show on MSNBC to make sure I heard hi right. The first time I heard some of what he admitted to saying, I thought that maybe he had been contracted by the republicans and Wall Street fat cats to create an imaginary divide within my African-American community. While it must be made extremely clear, that the African-American people are...