Dr. Cornel West is one of the nation's preeminent Black intellectuals. In this article from Alternet.org, he discusses his recently published autobiography, "Brother West: Living Out Loud."
West, a self-avowed member of the far left, expresses disappointment that Obama has stocked his cabinet with left overs from the Clinton era. He also says that Obama ran as a liberal, but many of his cabinet picks are neo-liberals, who helped Bill Clinton push through some of his more controversial economic policies, such as loosening the reigns on Wall Street.
West says that he almost was imprisoned while he was a student at Harvard in the 1960s. Apparently a white female student was raped by a black man, and the local police were pressuring her to pin on it West, simply because he was the same color as her rapist. Fortunately the victim, stuck to her guns and refused to pin the crime on West. It is scary to think that one of the smartest men in America could have easily ended up wasting his talents in jail. This another damning indictment of the American legal system.
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