who else is finding this slightly offensive or just plain old?

[Dr.G35]

Cornel West is a very intelligent man and I think that he serves to empower black people a whole lot more than jackson or Sharpton at this point and time...

i agree. sharpton and jackson are just tooooooooo far extremists for me to even look at.

[BobbyFresco]

i agree. sharpton and jackson are just tooooooooo far extremists for me to even look at.

I agree....and the overexposure of these idiots in the media is only making things worse and souring the views that some White americans have towards Black americans as a group...They are doing more damage than good...

[AirMax95]

I agree....and the overexposure of these idiots in the media is only making things worse and souring the views that some White americans have towards Black americans as a group...They are doing more damage than good...

......And that is why you only see them on their own tyrades. They are not wanted at the summits, CNN telecast, BET specials, or public events. Educated african americans respect them for their work in the 1960's-1990's, some in the 2000's. Beyond that, they have been tainted far too much to rep all African Americans.