By Blair Adams
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper
The New Journal and Guide - October 9, 2013
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of the most opinionated political commentators, Dr. Cornel West, has
incited a new round of controversy by calling Rev. Al Sharpton a
“Bonafide House Negro of the Obama Plantation.”
During an Aug. 30 interview with radio host Tavis Smiley, West spoke of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.
He said the celebration included some wonderful speakers, but most of
the country didn’t get a chance to hear them because speeches made by
Sharpton and President Barack Obama “sanitized” Dr.Martin Luther King’s
vision.
“Instead,
we saw of course the coronation of the bonafidehouse negro of the Obama
plantation, our dear brother Al Sharpton, supported by the Michael
Dysons and others who’ve really prostituted themselves intellectually in
a very ugly and vicious way,” West said of Sharpton’s speech.
West said the anniversary of the March on Washington was a beautiful thing.
“I was there in D.C. to see the magnificent expression of, like, faces
and sparkling eyes of everyday people of all colors, hungry, thirsty for
justice, hungry, thirsty for truth.”
“Brother Martin himself, I think, would’ve been turning over in his grave,” West said. “King
would have wanted people to talk about Wall Street criminality, he
wants people to talk about war crimes, or drones dropping bombs on
innocent people.”
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