[lbo-talk] Cornel West at the Left Forum

[Dissenting Wren]

Not sure it's generational.  MIT isn't quite the same as the Ivy League, not 
because it's less prestigious but because success there is less reliant on 
cultural capital.  More importantly, Chomsky's academic reputation was rock 
solid and grounded in work that was completely independent of his radicalism. 

 West's reputation depends on performing his radicalism again and again.  

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From: "Somebody Somebody" <philos_case at yahoo.com>

If Cornel West is a charlatan, and I don't believe he is, this country could use 
more such charlatans. For that matter, the U.S. needs more left charlatans to 
provide an antidote to the plethora of such creatures on the right. 

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Oh, I don't think anyone is saying he's a charlatan. But there's just something 
about being the official black radical of the ivy league that takes a toll. 
Didn't happen to Chomsky, but Chomsky was a diff generation.

j.
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