West: Summers=Sharon

[Brad DeLong]

>Brad DeLong wrote:
>
>>>"Larry Summers strikes me as the Ariel Sharon of American higher 
>>>education," Dr. West said today. "He struck me very much as a bull 
>>>in a china shop, and as a bully, in a very delicate and dangerous 
>>>situation."...
>>
>>Ah. A return to an old tradition: University Professors at Harvard 
>>calling people dirty jews. A tradition that I had thought had died 
>>out brought to life once again...
>
>Perhaps you should ask your neighbor in the Bay Area Rabbi Michael 
>Lerner if that's West's meaning. I doubt it is.
>
>Doug

Perhaps you should ask your neighbor in the Greater New York Area Al 
Sharpton if that's West's meaning. To hang with Sharpton in the first 
place is to demonstrate a... certain tolerance, shall we say... for 
Jew-baiting. The Sharon metaphor was not chosen innocently.

Brad DeLong