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...actually wondering what you thought about Summers’ criticism of Cornel West??s rap album and his less-than-academic pursuits...
What the critics say: “West had better keep that day job. There are unintentionally hilarious moments even beyond the less-than-stellar backing music and West??s corny delivery, such as his indictment of slaves’ having been forced to work on ‘ugly plantations’...It’s when the music is at its most awkward that the album hits its low points. Nails-on-chalkboard synthesizers drive the horrible backing tracks of ‘Stolen King’ (an anti-slavery screed that sounds like...
...been true, but I did think that if some of them were true it would be legitimate for a University president to speak to a University professor about such things. I mean I don’t think anyone thinks that President Summers is going to take away Cornel West??s tenure or stifle his academic freedom or prevent him from publishing books...
...he’s hearing, he’s also hearing voices that are saying, “Great job. Go get him.” And those people think that they own the place. That’s a huge problem, and I think the assumption that somehow West??s scholarship may not be up to the level it is, is an assumption, especially when we haven’t even read it. Think of Lani Gunier. When she was supposed to be the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Bill Clinton and those that sunk...
Last, and perhaps most troubling, is that West??s handling of this situation seems in many respects to contradict some (ostensibly) vital underpinnings of his own teaching and work. Most notably, West has made a name for himself for courageously standing up for what he believes in, whether or not it is generally accepted...