Cornel West Criticizes Obama for ‘Weak’ Remarks on Police Shootings

[DonViejo]

by Josh Feldman | 2:48 pm, July 9th, 2016


Cornel West wasn’t particularly impressed by President Obama‘s comments on the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, especially contrasted with what the president said about Dallas.

West spoke to The Washington Post yesterday––from the DNC’s platform meeting in Orlando––said that he took particular notice of how easily Obama was able to denounce Dallas as “vicious and despicable” compared to Sterling and Castile’s deaths.

He said, “I thought it was weak. He’s always got to explain to white America how black people are feeling. Black people don’t feel as if we’re being treated unequally — it’s a fact that we’re being treated unequally.” West has been consistently critical of President Obama concerning his public statements on racial inequality and injustice. And he still firmly believes that:

“He has, he has, it’s just a fact,” West said. “He’s been running from the issue for too long. When he finally gets pushed into a corner, he says something eloquent and articulate. But you’ve got to be able to hit it head on.”

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http://www.mediaite.com/online/cornel-west-criticizes-obama-for-weak-remarks-on-police-shootings/

[MohRokTah]

1. Cornel West is a jealous extremist leftist idiot. eom

[still_one]

2. Wow, that is a surprise, Dr. West criticizes President Obama

[etherealtruth]

3. He would have criticized President Obama regardless of what he did

[still_one]

5. Kick & REC!!!!!!!!!

[misterhighwasted]

4. Falls in line with the RW..lovely.

[JustinL]

17. Huh? When did the RW describe the killings of Sterling and Castile as "vicious and despicable"? n/t

[Hortensis]

6. Let me guess. Obama didn't

wave his hands vigorously enough either. "...pushed into a corner." If he hadn't marginalized himself, he wouldn't need to sink to this kind of thing to get attention.

[radical noodle]

7. That's like saying Trey Gowdy criticized Hillary.. n/t

[bdwker]

8. STFU Cornell.

[sharp_stick]

9. Cornell West can fuck off. n/t

[COLGATE4]

11. +100

[uponit7771]

14. +1

[CrowCityDem]

10. It's embarrassing that he is on the platform committee. What a shame.

[romanic]

12. Just call him the usual names West, you're being too "weak".

Envious asswipe.

[revmclaren]

13. WHO???!!!???

Is he still around???!!!???

Sorry...Too many important things going on in the US to care what an Obama hater thinks.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. This is because the President works on solutions

rather than whining. I.e., per his comments after the Eric Garner case (and failure of the Grand Jury to indict in 2014) -

And I’m not interested in talk; I’m interested in action. And I am absolutely committed as President of the United States to making sure that we have a country in which everybody believes in the core principle that we are equal under the law.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/12/03/president-obama-delivers-statement-grand-jury-decision-death-eric-garner

So as an example of "action", the Justice Department ended up essentially forcing reform on the Ferguson PD (different but related well-known case) that was announced just a few months ago.

Often doing things like this (releasing embarrassing reports and suing the offending departments) is enough to trigger other municipalities to start reforms on their own without coercion. Many will not, but any that do is definitely a step in the right direction.

Cornel is well past his relevancy date.

[Itchinjim]

16. Cornel is an asshole.

And always has been.

[randome]

18. You know, Mr. West, have you ever tried talking with Obama instead of lambasting him?

No? You'd rather stay at arm's length and throw insults his way? Whatever.
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