Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Cornel West -- Ass Clown?

Cornell West certainly seems like a disingenuous idiot in his New York Times Magazine profile. Is he that much of a buffoon, or did the Times just try to make him seem like a blustering blowhard on purpose?

You lament in your book “Race Matters” that there’s a lack of black leadership. You’re smart, very charismatic — why did you never become what we would consider a black leader in the mold of Martin Luther King or Malcolm X? 
Well, one, it’s because we live in an age where there are no movements. But second, and most important, I have to be true to my calling. Martin King’s calling was to be a Christian preacher. Mine is much more linked to the life of the mind and being able to move back and forth. This weekend I was with Bootsy Collins at B.B. King’s. We wrote two songs together on his new album — that’s just one context where I try to play a very important role outside the academy. But my calling is still one of being an intellectual warrior and spiritual soldier.

Oh my. Really? You wrote two songs with Bootsy? Oh yeah, you're playing a very important role. I mean, you're a dipshit. Yeah, that's it.
I mean, he can't be the clown he sounds like in this interview. Or can he?

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