The Cornel West Reader by Cornel West
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Book Reviews of The Cornel West Reader
Book Review: Making white society work for a black man.
Summary: 4 Stars
Hello, Stevie wonder said "In the sixties we had hearts of steel." Then he went on to make a point how we are being bamboozeled into the new century, but we really are going into the 1900's.Cornel captures the reader yearning for the reflextions of the strength we had in the 60's. When black men were strong, and just. I was a little boy then, but God put black men that were examples in my life. The ones who stood for justice, and not degrade another black man or woman. My heart bleeds, and my soul stirs deep in my bowels today because the Afro-American race has let money become our golden calf after delivered from slavery. Cornel paints a picture of why we sell out, how to turn around to not be a sell out, and stay to the right and true cause. He proves my point that to be equally white is nothing, but to achieve what is inside is truth. Cornel keeps my hope alive. He reminds me of those brothers of the 60's that didn't let money make them a man, but what is inside makes the man. God bless him, and his.
Jon
Book Review: Renaissance thinker gets big points
Summary: 4 Stars
Cornel West's passion must be teaching or perhaps more accurately enlightening people. By presenting a collection of his works, he personally leads the reader on a crash course through the developoment of Western thought and how it structures our own thoughts and prejudices. He leads the reader through the consciousness of being Black in a land that doesn't value Blacks evenly with lighter-skinned peoples. He informs the reader of the challenges his Christian identity has in a society that integrates Western values as opposed to the more authentic prophetic voices such as MLK. His collection also is a good launching pad to continue pursuing topics, lots of references to other sources. I'm grateful to have been taken on such a marvelous tour of both the personal and academic Cornel West.Book Review: Way better than Noam
Summary: 4 Stars
West's passionate treatment of the problem of race in America demands serious attention. His point of view has helped greatly to awaken me from my dogmatical post-baccalaureate slumber. His theology is very insightful and heart-felt. He makes a powerful case against cloistered intellectuals, constantly exhorting us, like that one true philosopher of antiquity, to know ourselves. It is the duty of every thinking American to wrestle with the problems of unmitigated capitalism, latent Eurocentrism and nihilism in the academy and in everyday life. West's introduction to this necessary confrontation is both accessible and academically respectable.Book Review: i must agree with jude...
Summary: 1 Stars
it is confounding and remarkable that an esteemed (at least by the aw shucks public) institution like harvard could have dershowitz and cornel west as their poster boys. i must agree with president summers; calling west's academic 'output' lacking is an understatement. but then again this is harvard, a shadow of its former self with its self-imposed hiring and admission quotas (or as harvard calls them 'goals'). yes harvard dumped 50 million dollars down the drain after the summers-west flap, which is absolutely ludicrous. who really thinks a racist, unfair system of affirmative action is really the right course for any hiring or admission purposes? it fosters only a 'good as i/we can be' mentality, which is more dangerous in the long run to those who benefit from it than it does those who are penalized by it. merit and achievement should be the only factors for jobs and admissions.Book Review: poor
Summary: 1 Stars
I must say that Cornel West is more suited to acting in the Matrix or singing on his rap album than he his as a 'scholar' or university professor. President Summers was right to justly criticize Prof. West, but of course in the Jesse Jackson-era of America (jump on situations to shill money out of companies, institutions, and individuals in the name of combating 'racism' but really just to line your own pockets...for an example, look at how Jesse and his sons burgled millions out of Anheuser-Busch), Harvard quickly appointed a diversity advisor and earmarked 50 million dollars u.s. for "diversity." A sad reflection of the sorry state of our times.