Cornel West LOSES IT....Calls Al Sharpton a ‘Bonafide House Negro of the Obama Plantation’

[JustAnotherGen]

111. Being recognized

And accepted in one's country with a dominant white culture is not selling out. It's acceptance by white Americans that non whites know more about them and their beliefs, values, and activity because they are the dominant culture in the fishbowl. We might be on the outside looking in - but we are willing to jump in there if we can jump in as we are. And we are not monolithic. Maybe I'm a house negro to Mr. West. But he is a relic to me.

President Obama - like me and many other black Americans do not get up everyday and think - I'm black first. I'm certain neither my mother nor my husband do this either. Well - okay - to be honest - when Oktoberfest rolls around my mom does think about her German heritage first thing in the morning andon St Patricks day her Irish - but that's about it.


The only time it seems to come up is when well meaning black folks like West say nasty things about the many black Americans who simply feel he's got it wrong - or when white Americans continue to chastises for not accepting their narrative of MLK. Malcolm warned us about this.