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In reply to the discussion: Why all the hate towards Cornell West? [View all]gollygee
(22,336 posts)But it might give some background.
https://newrepublic.com/article/121550/cornel-wests-rise-fall-our-most-exciting-black-scholar-ghost
I should say here that I do not feel like I am an expert on Cornel West. I know that white liberals I know love him, and I know that the African American group here does not. I am not absolutely sure what that means. My guess is that, like most people, he has some good things to say, and other things to say that aren't so good, and different people focus on different things, based on their experience in the world.
But that article should give a good picture of the side of those who don't like him.
I'm going to add something in an edit: I think that white people have a much easier time overlooking the racial slams he's made against President Obama, because our experience does not cause us to react to those slams in the same way African Americans do. So white people say, "Yeah he made horrible racial remarks about President Obama, but look at this other stuff he said!" And African Americans say,"You can't just ignore those horrible racial remarks and focus on the other things. You have to take the racial remarks into account." Also, people might infer things about his character based on his decision to make those kinds remarks, not just once out of anger, but over and over again.