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In reply to the discussion: If it's not racism, then what is it? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)and the members of the CBC? They don't agree with brothers Cornel, Harry and Tavis, but never mind that.
At least some of Cornel West's and Tavis Smiley's objections ARE race-based, fwiw: http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-215_162-20063860.html
That was written by Melissa Harris Perry--maybe she's not black enough, either?
Tavis apparently was embarrassed enough to get his post on the topic scrubbed from the primary source, but it lives on in archives and caches. Obama wouldn't kiss Tavis's ring, and Tavis ain't the gatekeeper anymore--that's what that's all about.
And Harry Belafonte doesn't like anyone to the right of Hugo Chavez or Fidel Castro, so he's hardly a
touchstone for black political thought.
Three outliers do not create a consensus, underwhelming or otherwise.