Julianne Malveaux and Cornell West NOT Impressed With Obama's INVESCO Field Speech - "Obama perpetuated a 'white washed' of History" ( Their Words NOT Mine)

OOOOh No. Somebody is going to get in trouble! A loyal WAOD reader sent this clip to me from the Tavis Smiley show featuring Julianne Malveaux and Cornell West speaking about Barack Obama's speech at Invesco field at the Democratic National Convention. I have some selected quotes below the YouTube clip. Cornell West -- "Obama ran from history". "You can't think that you are being American by holding Black history subordinate." "Why do we have to engage in a disappearing act when you talk about America" Malveaux "To reduce Dr. King to some praecher from Georgia?", "He could have said Fannie Lou Hamer", "I think the brother dropped the historical baton." If Joe Biden can mention Martin Luther King. how come he couldn't" "He perpetrated a White wash of our history. its a strong statement, but I stand by it." Whoa did she say that? Uh huh yes she did! Tavis " was expecting Black folks to be in tears. They weren't" They gave Hillary a hat tip for mentioning Harriet Tubman. UPDATE: Just for the record, Michelle Obama mentioned MLK and women's suffrage in almost all of her appearances. I was at the Black caucus and she spoke about both anniversaries.

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