Justin Fung a.k.a. gershom's journal

Cornel West to Barack Obama: "How deep is your love?"

Excerpts:

Despite your brilliance, despite your charisma, I'm disappointed when it comes to the fundamental question of priorities, of urgency. How deep is your love for poor and working people?

You've changed the image of America, but don't simply be the friendly face of the American empire. Many lives hang on your courage, and you cannot do it alone.

I believe like Martin Luther King that democracy can be reinvigorated, can be revitalized. But it takes courage--you can't just cut deals; you have to take a stand. You have to have backbone.

In the end, it's not about you, it's not about me, it's not about any isolated set of individuals. It's about forces that will ensure that poor and working people can live lives of decency and dignity.

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