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mk · 3529 days ago · link · · parent · post: Cornel West on Obama: "It’s like you’re looking for John Coltrane and you get Kenny G in brown skin."
I absolutely agree that Obama is not a progressive, but that was a dumb thing to say. Kenny G is not the musician that Coltrane was, and that opinion is fair and justifiable. But West suggests that it is due to Kenny G's skin color, that opinion is not.