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 … –djr
