Weekend Reflection: Cornel West on How 9-11 "Niggerized" White America

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Weekend Reflection: Cornel West on How 9-11 "Niggerized" White America

I am working on a post related to Obama and the "post-racial" moment for next week. Until then, here is one of my favorite Cornel West speeches. As a rule I can be hard on Black public intellectuals, but Brother West is straight fire on this one. Truly, on top of his game.

One more, this time a discussion of the internalized White supremacy common to many people of color, as well as the sickness that is racism in White America:

Till Monday...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Brother West...

Devega, are you an Alpha! Say it ain't so!!! JK!; November 22, 2008 at 7:36 PM
LISA VAZQUEZ said...: Hey there...

Cornell West is OFF the chain!

No ifs ands or buts about it!!; November 23, 2008 at 1:24 AM
Kit (Keep It Trill) said...: Thanks for turning us on to these. I'm checking him out at YouTube now; he has a whole series of them.

BTW, I passed on an award to you. Congrats, and see my post today for details.; November 23, 2008 at 5:49 PM
All-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalo said...: had a good time with CW when were in Ethiopia together; November 24, 2008 at 10:12 AM

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