Cornel West: Obama is for big business not the jobless

http://www.thegrio.com/2009/12/cornel-west-obama-is-for-big-business-not-the-...

Educator Cornel West sat down with theGrio to discuss how unemployment is affecting African-Americans.

TheGrio asked West about national unemployment trends for African-Americans. He called on President Barack Obama to implement a comprehensive jobs policy -- a program that would mirror former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, and focus primarily on creating jobs for people without a college education.

"[It's] the same way we had an investment banker policy when they were in trouble," West said of what he views as a double-standard in current economic policy. "All AIG needed was a push. So let's help push these poor people, these working people into jobs with a living wage."

West, who has been outspoken in both his support and criticism of Obama, said the current administration has not made poor people a priority.

"Obama has an economic team that's composed of persons who have no history whatsoever of being concerned about poor people," West said. "Obama's been doing a good job of reassuring the establishment. But there's many of us who believe the establishment is on our necks."

The Princeton University professor is busy promoting his new book, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. The memoir is a departure from West's previous books, where he focused primarily on issues such as race and social justice.

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[Born2Flesh]

OBAMA AND BUSH WORK FOR THE SAME PEOPLE -----> THE ULTRA RICH.

DEMOCRAT V REPUBLICAN = Bullshit for you to believe.....because they are all under the control of the ULTRA RICH and GREED.

Obama is a "African American", not a Black American.  The Black American has ancestors that served as slaves in the USA, and the African American, like Obama, does NOT. Obama's has NO connection to the people who built the USA by force. OBAMA IS A FRAUD, and bullshit attempt to pacify blacks.

[GSNPFL]

@Clifton-100 Hey Clifton - Obama just allowed FORD to build $1 billion plant in India to give India 5000 new JOBS -- and they will build [as in Mexico] Fords with Diesel engines [higher mpg with low-emissions for clean air] for countries that have Diesel refineries - but NO DIESEL ENGINE cars for USA but USA gets Hybrid ELECTRIC cars [new battery cost $3K - $7K] electric costs will rise -- for Obama Big Electric plant owners Donors. Diesel WAS 1/3 of regular fuel.

Research Clifton - RESEARCH.

[InhabitantOfUniverse]

1) Obama gets people from the financial industry into his cabinet because they are the ones who know the system best(a pit bull on a leash). 2) Obama had to do the bailouts because the financial industry was holding the economy hostage. He had no choice. 3) Obama has a game plan.(If there had been no bailouts or economic crash we would not have the open dialogue and changes we see today). 4) The "white" people who are the oppressors of poor black people are the same ones oppressing poor whites.

[Galtline14]

Get over it dude its no the responsibility to put Blacks to work. Send them to school and get an education and go out into the world and get a job. Oh wait there aren't any companies hiring as our economy is in such shambles.

[SOLACEBOY]

Obama is a joke and the people who stand by him.

[jmjfanss]

@kapsulamusik

Because ron paul is right on every issues and let the states, locals and the people themselves handle healthcare, not the federal government, government should stay out of our lives period.

RON PAUL 2012.

[JagjeetMann]

0:53 lol he sounds like paedophile

[TheEcho134]

@kapsulamusik right on the money

[TheEcho134]

greed is still runnin' a mock on wallstreet DAMN RIGHT .