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The Cornel West Bombshell: ‘Obama’s Policies Are Racist’
Rolling Out ^ | November 26, 2010

Posted on 11/26/2010 11:08:27 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

The small trickle of blacks speaking out against the policies of President Barack Obama is beginning to resemble something more along the lines of a steady stream. The latest “supporter” to speak out against the president is author and noted speaker Dr. Cornel West.

West recently shared his thoughts on the Obama administration, and suggested that despite the color of his skin, the president’s policies are, in fact, racist towards all poor people of color.

“… He doesn’t care about the black poor: The evidence is overwhelming! … His policies [a]re racist in effect and consequence, and especially classist in terms of generating misery among poor people, [who are] disproportionately black and brown. … The Obama administration seems to have very little concern about poor people and their social misery: Look at the policies vis-á-vis Wall Street — downplaying Main Street; look at the policies of black farmers — a settlement already in place but they don’t want to execute it because they don’t want to be associated with black folk too explicitly; look at the policies of dilapidated housing; we can go right across the board — look at the policies of the new Jim Crow — the prison-industrial complex.”

One can only wonder if the president will respond to the assertions put forth by Dr. West and how this will affect his support among blacks in 2012. This story is far from over …


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: blacks; cornel; economy; obama; recession; west
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Just a poot in a whirlwind: They'll vote for him again in overwhelming numbers if he's on the ticket in 2012.
1 posted on 11/26/2010 11:08:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m shocked indeed that Dr. Cornel West doesn’t realize that Communism is about power for Communist, and not for common folk!


2 posted on 11/26/2010 11:16:29 PM PST by J Edgar
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Enter Rev. Wright. Duhhh!


3 posted on 11/26/2010 11:17:57 PM PST by screaminsunshine (Americanism vs Communism)
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“look at the policies of dilapidated housing”

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

How did the housing become dilapidated in the first place?


4 posted on 11/26/2010 11:18:37 PM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ...In the US the number is 54%)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Any word from Dr. Kanye West on the subject?


5 posted on 11/26/2010 11:23:47 PM PST by OCC
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not to be confused with clean-cut REPUBLICAN LT. COL. CONGRESSMEN-ELECT ADAM WEST!

6 posted on 11/26/2010 11:26:03 PM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: onyx
Or Allen West. ;-)
7 posted on 11/26/2010 11:30:03 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trying for another “15 minutes” are ya?


8 posted on 11/26/2010 11:30:03 PM PST by A Navy Vet ( An Oath Is Forever.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Oh, yes. thanks.....BatMan. I knew I was thinking awry...LOL.


9 posted on 11/26/2010 11:35:58 PM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The academic Rasputin can utter no wrong in the Ivy League.


10 posted on 11/26/2010 11:45:28 PM PST by RepublicanMeansAmerican
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To: dsrtsage
How did the housing become dilapidated in the first place?

Welfare - Medicaid - Unemployed heads of households = a very deep ditch dug by democrats.

11 posted on 11/26/2010 11:47:37 PM PST by MamaDearest
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Looks like Obama is about to feel his white side. Such a pity...


12 posted on 11/27/2010 12:08:27 AM PST by Irenic
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To: A Navy Vet

you’re right he is and West isn’t concerned about black people either. He’s certainly no champion of the down-trodden.
If you really look at it you’ll see between the slobber and drivel that these statements are designed to focus on the farm settlement that has not been forthcoming-THE MONEY

It’s about that,// not some poor downtrodden black people or black people’s rights and equality/s


13 posted on 11/27/2010 12:33:19 AM PST by MissDairyGoodnessVT ( =^..^=)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In the bizarre inverso-speak of the black “intelligensia” what West is really complaining about is the Obama is not racist enough.


14 posted on 11/27/2010 12:43:45 AM PST by John Valentine
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Kind of funny article in that several thousand million dollars were just mentioned in the news as the payout to these black farmers.
15 posted on 11/27/2010 2:29:13 AM PST by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: J Edgar

Old Hip Hop Cornel has just pushed the racism button so hard,I think he broke it.


16 posted on 11/27/2010 3:08:25 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: onyx

Adam West is Batman.

Allen West is the Congressman-Elect.


17 posted on 11/27/2010 3:50:07 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: RepublicanMeansAmerican
The academic Rasputin can utter no wrong in the Ivy League.

He does have that creepy Rasputin vibe about him.

18 posted on 11/27/2010 3:53:58 AM PST by Mamba56 (We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. - Patton)
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To: J Edgar

Ding, ding, ding !


19 posted on 11/27/2010 4:19:54 AM PST by major-pelham
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Smells more like a Red Herring to me. The guy claims that Obummer is racist AGAINST blacks, when we know it is exactly the opposite. This is designed to make folks who see the truth allow a veil to be pulled over their eyes, and to make others clamor for more preferential treatment.


20 posted on 11/27/2010 4:27:26 AM PST by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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