In an interview with Amy Goodman of “Democracy Now,” our dear brother, Dr. Cornel West, said that while he’s happy that Mitt Romney didn’t win…
Bill O’Reilly had Tavis Smiley and Cornel West on his show on Tuesday and the group engaged in a heated discussion over the causes of poverty and the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. O’Reilly believes that people bare a personal responsibility for their own poverty, while West and Smiley argued about the government factors that contribute […]
Princeton University professor Cornel West responded to comments by Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain claiming that racism no longer holds anyone back in this country. West thought the comments were ludicrous saying that Cain must be “smoking something” to say something of that nature. “Well, black people have been working hard for decades,” West remarked. […]
Across our media landscape the number of Black faces representing us as anchors, pundits, and hosts are slim to none. But in the last decade, a number of esteemed journalists, politicians, and educators have made the transition from their respectful careers to the TV screen analyzing everything from civil rights issues to entertainment, sports, and […]
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 […]
