Black studies scholar likens Harvard chief to Sharon

Reuters, Israel ^ | 4-16-02

[mrustow]

Cornel West is the Lumpy Rutherford of American education.

Lumpy who?

[Lee'sGhost]

Lumpy = Leave it to Beaver goof

[N. Theknow]

Black Studies Scholar Cornel West?

Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah?

Who makes this stuff up?

[colorado tanker]

West is a racist." And no scholar. Summers ought to be hailed for being a leader and Princeton ought to be embarrassed.

[mrustow]

Lumpy = Leave it to Beaver goof

Thanks for the explanation. Your memory is a lot better than mine. I only remember the family members, and of course, Eddie Haskell.

[mrustow]

Oh, my God! I just found myself whistling the Leave it to Beaver theme, over 35 years after last hearing it! (No, we don't have cable.)

[Lee'sGhost]

So, you're memory is better than you thought.

[aristeides]

Well, West can no longer boast about being a "Harvard scholar". He was repeated called that in the promos for his appearance on C-SPAN at the beginning of the year, presumably because he insisted on the title.

His comparison of Summers to Sharon is obviously anti-Semitic in inspiration, but I'm afraid it isn't quite explicit enough to justify some kind of professional punishment (which I don't think Princeton would ever dare, anyway.) However, I suspect West could be provoked into saying something that is more explicit.

[Carolina]

Lawrence Summers was a Clintonista. He was the Sec'y of Treasury after Rubin left. He was also a vice president and chief economist with the World Bank before his post with the Klintoon mis-administration.

[colorado tanker]

Says a lot about the state of affairs in academia that a mainstream liberal like Summers is viewed as a reactionary there, doesn't it?

[Bagehot]

Cornel West would be teaching at a community college if he were white.

[185JHP]

I believe you're flattering him. I'd like to see him given the SAT.