Cornell West & Tavis Smiley Are Two Inspirational Black Men!

Cornell West is being interviewed by Tavis Smiley in this video. These are two black men that I respect & admire because they really delve deep into all the issues that concern the black diaspora. Cornell West is a highly evolved intellectual who wrote a classic book called Race Matters in the early 90's. For more information on him go to his website:http://www.cornelwest.com/

Tavis Smiley used to have his own talk show on BET that was wildly popular in the 90's as well. Both Tavis Smiley & Cornell West have been critical of Barack Obama. But, Tavis Smiley has been vilified by some because of it.
According to wikepedia.org,
"On April 11, 2008, Tavis Smiley announced that he would resign in June 2008 as a commentator on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. He cited fatigue and a busy schedule in a personal call to Joyner. However Joyner -- referring to several commentaries in which Smiley was critical of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama -- indicated otherwise on his program, stating: "The real reason is that he can't take the hate he's been getting regarding the Barack issue -- hate from the black people that he loves so much."[5]

Smiley has also written articles for The Huffington Post."(End of Quote).
That is what an educated person should do. Whether or not they support Barack Obama is no reason to diminish either of these men's achievements. Hats off to these two inspirational black figures!