Viewpoint: What’s Behind Cornel West’s Attacks on Obama
WEBNov 15, 2012 · A New York Magazine profile of West noted his relationship with Obama changed when West, who had campaigned for Obama during the 2008 election, was unable to secure tickets for the...
Cornel West - Wikipedia
WEBIn 2014, West gave an interview criticizing Obama, calling him a "counterfeit" who posed as a progressive. West defined Obama's presidency as "a Wall Street presidency, a drone presidency, a national security presidency".
Cornel West's Rise and Fall by Michael Eric Dyson - The New …
WEBApr 19, 2015 · Cornel West’s rage against President Barack Obama evokes that kind of venom. He has accused Obama of political minstrelsy, calling him a “Rockefeller Republican in blackface”; taunted him...
Cornel West Interview: The Success & Disappointment of Obama…
WEBCornel West recalls meeting, working with, challenging, and critiquing Barack Obama. West discusses Obama’s candidacy, the symbolic importance of becoming th...
Cornel West's Continuing Feud with Barack Obama - The Atlantic
WEBMay 18, 2011 · Cornel West latest outburst is directed at a now familiar target: his one-time brother Barack Obama. "Outburst" is almost the wrong word to describe West's recent and vehement opposition to the...
Cornel West: ‘Obama was never the revolutionary Mandela was’
WEBJul 16, 2018 · Intellectual Cornel West discusses former US president Barack Obama’s legacy and symbolism behind his rise to power.
Obama's Most Vocal Black Critics Dial Back Attacks As Election ... - NPR
WEBJan 13, 2012 · The dynamic duo of PBS host Tavis Smiley and professor/activist Cornel West was at it again in Washington Thursday evening during a live television broadcast of a program addressing poverty....
Cornel West: Neoliberalism Has Failed Us - JSTOR Daily
WEBDec 25, 2017 · Rather than citing President Trump as the problem, West calls him a “sign of our spiritual bankruptcy.” He is equally critical of President Obama, who West cites as a symbol of the neoliberal establishment, especially when it comes to his Wall Street bailout and drone strikes.
Cornel West Reconsiders President Obama : NPR
WEBAug 2, 2010 · 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."
Cornel West, A Fighter, Angers Obama Supporters - NPR
WEBOct 24, 2011 · Princeton University professor Cornel West has spent much of the past year battling with incensed Obama supporters from Al Sharpton to street demonstrators who resent his criticism of the...
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