cornel west, i mention, i think, throughout the book because cornel west, in my opinion, is part of the race hustle movement. and i put him in -- i lump him in a category with al sharpton because cornel west is always trotted out by the mainstream media when we need, quote, black spokespeople. and, you know, when i was growing up, my parents never gave me a memo that i had to have black people speak on my behalf, because my parents grew up during the segregated south, and they were called the n-word, my parents had to sit in the back of the bus in richmond, virginia. so they always taught me to peek for myself as a -- to speak for myself as a black woman. so i take great offense between, you know, when the media wants to reduce black people to voices in a collective box that have to be relegated to spokespeople. peter, you don't have a white spokesperson that speaks on your behalf, do you? maybe you do and i don't know about it, but i think i missed that memo. so when you look at cornel west, he's making a lot of money writing books about what black people should think and do and how he

. >> host: in "con job," two people who appear in your book, allen west and cornel west. hat's the difference between the two? >> guest: well, allen west actually endorsed my book. allen west is a republican. he was elected as a member of congress in florida. a great friend of mine. i've learned a lot from allen west. did, you know, just was very friendly with him when he was a congressman. and cornel west is a professor at princeton. i think cornel west has come out to support bernie sanders. cornel west, i mention, i think, throughout the book because cornel west, in my opinion, is part of the race hustle movement. and i put him in -- i lump him in a category with al sharpton because cornel west is always trotted out by the mainstream media when we need, quote, black spokespeople. and, you know, when i was growing up, my parents never gave me a memo that i had to have black people speak on me by half. my parents grew up during the segregated south, and they were called the n-world, my parents had to sit in the back of the bus in richmond, virginia. so they a always taugh

cornell west has diverse influences to say the least. jazz giants, john coltrain and sarah vaughn helping him understand human suffering. west sees civil rights pioneer joshua heshel as one of the great treasures of the 20th century. >> never a question of skin pigmentation or a question of culture, sexual orientation or civilization what kind of human being you will be from your mama's womb to tomb and what legacy will you leave. cornell west was born 62 years ago in oklahoma but grew up in glen elder, a predominantly black neighborhood near sacramento california. he is the second of four children. his father clifton was a federal administrator and his mother irene was a teacher. they were a close-knit, church-going family. >> i feel as if i have been blessed to undergo a transformation from gangster to redeemed sinner with gangster proclivities. >> you actually were a thug when you were a youngster? >> oh, absolutely. i got kicked out of school when i was 7 years old. >> doing what, dr. west? >> refused to salute the flag because my gr

obama has left casualties in hits wake, cornell west, shirley sherod. i have disagreements with weston and smiley, human beings who have fallen by the waste side, think about what that might mean. >> speaking of choices and marginality, why are black women still so marginalized in our community? >> because we are sexist, because we are incapable of imagining leadership that is female and yet that female leadership has been the thing that basically saved us and nobody -- check this out. no other group of people have done more for black men than black women, we can't even trurn favor. for the structure and philosophy, we i composite a church and wanted to make it look like jesus believed it -- [laughter] >> i did that for the year, my key didn't fit in the door, oh, my god, they're changing the lock, oh, my god, they're going to surprise me. they're going to give me a new office, oh, they did all right. there were many more people. i must be getting good. i must be a good preacher. people that i have never seen before. pastor we have a problem in the chur

the party's official positions this summer are the infamous professor and social justice activist cornel westbill mckibbon, an extremist environmentalist who wants to stop all oil and gas drilling and james zogby, an anti-israel palestinian rights activist. they say honesty is the best policy. if that's the case i got to give bernie a hit for being totally up front about the agenda he wants on his party and the nation. >> last halloween at yale an e-mail was sent out questioning a university notice warning students against culturally unaware costumes. this e-mail was followed by protests followed by the president defending free speech followed by a capitulation. how do we know it's capitulation? because this week the husband and wife resigned. >> this is a hit to the american battle monuments commission founded in 1924. it maintains american cemeteries in 16 foreign countries. this is memorial day, a holiday, but a rather solemn holiday and we are glad this commission is out there honoring the people who sacrificed so much for the american people. >> have you ever seen the cemeteries overseas

activist, professor, cornel west.extremely controversial figure, to say the least, because of the things he says about president barack obama. he's been a strong let's just say opponent of the president but his big issue has been poverty and social justice. let's take a listen to one of the things he's said about barack obama. >> we end up with a republican, rockefeller republican in black face with barack obama so that our struggle with regard to poverty intensifies. >> that's a pretty rough assessment. >> that's what we have. >> let's talk with alicia reese, joining me on the phone, ohio state representative who is a member of the dnc platform drafting committee. how do you expect the working relationship to be between yourself and somebody like cornel west who has been such a strong opponent the president? >> well, first of all, thanks for having me. i think that i have been on several panels with dr. west. although i am state representative from ohio, the battleground state and the 33rd district, but my roots come

so when you look at cornel west, he's making a lot of money writing books about what black people should think and do and how he's the voice of black people. he teaches this stuff at princeton. allen west, on the other hand, is telling people speak for yourself. he was a loud mouth, in a good way, congressman. he tells it like this it is, ane is much more of a hero and a champion to me for the cause of black america than cornel west will ever be. [laughter] so there. >> host: a little bit from crystal wright. her new book, "con job: how democrats gave us crime, sanctuary cities, abortion, profiteering and racial division." you're watching booktv on c-span2. ♪ >> when i tune into it on the weekends, usually it's authors sharing their new releases. >> watching the nonfiction authors on booktv is the best television for serious readers. >> on c-span they can have a longer conversation and delve into their subjects. >> booktv weekends, they bring you author after author after author that spotlight the work of fascinating people. >> i love booktv and i'm a c-span fan. [inaudible conversations

a couple of your appointees when it comes to the issue in israel, including cornell west, he refers to the palestinians as the plight of an occupied people. do you agree with his characterization? >> what i believe is that the united states is going to be playing on a level playing field in dealing with israel and the palestinian people. i am 100% pro israel in the sense of israel's right to exist. i lived in israel. i have families in israel. israel has the right to live not only in peace and security, but to know that their very existence will be protected by the united states government. on the other hand, i think if we're going at lasting peace in the middle east, the united states has got to respect the needs of the palestinian people. they cannot be pushed aside. so that is my view. and, you know, other people can say whatever they want. that is my view. >> what do you want the platform to say? do you want to refer to the palestinians as an occupied people? do you want to say that israel is -- >> well -- it's a little bit -- we're a little bit early about worrying about the wordi

stuart: are you shocked by cornell west and keith ellison? >> i am not shocked.sanders's extreme ideology. he is not a man in the mainstream. i was with my tutor from oxford last night and said where was i 40 years ago? he said you were a humphrey democrat. today i am a humphrey democrat. that is very different from them. they are way out of the mainstream. stuart: thank you very much. reports out from the associated press, donald trump has reached the number of delegates he needs to clinch the nomination, 1237. we have more on that story after this. it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well fitting dentures let in food particles. just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. so it's not about keeping my dentures in, . . . . i don'or wonder whether i t

>> when you say racism, a lot of people way smarter than me like cornell west, the guy i try to lookudice but racist implies power and institutions behind it. i can be prejudice and not like white people but i can't not like them and not give them their voting rights. south a very different thing. >> stephen: yeah, you're lucky because as a white person it's super easy for me to be racist. i don't even have to try. >> wake up in the morning, racism! >> stephen: what did you think of larry willmore and the way he ended his speech with the n word with the president? >> i like larry willmore. he was playing to the people at home. i didn't appreciate all the cnn jokes. that's my new network. he said he remembers when cnn used to be a news network. and that was a shot at me. i said i remember when a show like the daily show was funny. (laughter) >> stephen: "united shades of america" airs on cnn sunday night. thank you so much w. kamau bell. ♪ why can't we be friends >> stephen: that's it for the "late show." tune in tomorrow when my guests will be lily tomlin, kumel nanjiani, and perform

you guys have put cornell west and james zogby on the platform committee as representatives.consider that as a provocative thing to do, in the clinton camp and some democrats thinking those two guys would stir up debate and contentiousness and trouble. would you have any concerns of that ascending a signal that you are not coming to make peace, but are coming to make a fight? jeff: i don't think so. there are a number of discussions about the platform. there may be disagreements. there will be votes on the platform committee. if there are platform points that the senator loses on the platform committee that he thinks might be better brought to the floor, that's always a possibility. joe: you don't see those two appointments, again, if someone said to you, those two individuals seem like provocative appointments, you would say what? jeff: i would say absolutely not. there is a broad range of views in the democratic party. both of those gentlemen are highly qualified to be on that platform drafting committee. there are a number of hearings around the country. the more views tha

cornell west has been in gauging but a nastiness and a kind of unexplained animosity to the presidentsonal and uncomfortable in terms of violent imagination. i have no trust with that. i'm talking about principled criticism. talking about loving criticism. even legitimate criticism. he had been auch in such bitter, nasty terms. i have nothing to do with that. -- thevista gold unprincipled criticism of the president is unhealthy for any country without which we get left -- ? arlie: foreign policy he succeeded on economic policy. michael eric dyson: you are making my point for me. why is it that criticism cannot be had on the issue of race because this is internal dynamics. you said bill clinton had a bad policy with respect to african-americans. barack obama has no policy. i remind you toni morrison said bill clinton was the first black president. and she meant the way he was treated. michael eric dyson: not the substance of his ideas or the content of his vision or perspective. what she meant was they treat him like they treat the average brother on the street. they are dismissive of

the obama presidency you saw what i wrote about cornell west. he has left casualty's in his wake.so i have disagreements but these are valued a and insightful human beings. who are put in a position to make a choice about a man that was positive about us. so think of choices so wire black women still so marginalized? >> because we are incapable of imagining that leadership has basically saved as. we cannot even return the favor. and part of it is within our composite with 1982 or '83. the you have to make it look like jesus. but i did that for one year when i came to the church that day i said oh my god they are changing the locks. [laughter] they will give me a new office is my anniversary. i must be getting good. at the end of the 70 says pastor we have a problem. you are trying to come down here to change our ways. he did not say christian and or african-american he said you nigga are messing things up and they voted me at of the church and a lot of them were women. i get it. to be complicitous in your own oppression with that unreliable methodology. it is never a problem to th

you send cornell west, you're going to have fighting.intment, it dares president obama who tried to stay out of it, june 15th, man, if sanders doesn't quietly do the right thing and suspend his campaign, keeps saying we're going to the convention, i predict president obama will come out for her. >> you might see that. but two things that startle me about the video is that one, i do agree what isn't covered as much is the fact that yes, he is picking up delegates and also picking up committee members. so the accumulation of that over these primaries does give him some leverage on the committee. >> does that matter? it is not like -- >> it does actually. >> -- the nominee is bound to implement that in the platform. it is a weird fight. >> it does matter a bit. my guess is a lot of stuff will be something that the democrats end up promoting. one of my concerns is when it is democratic politics, doesn't answer loyalty to the party, what bothers me about that and the fact that he is supporting challengers to debbie wasserman schultz, that hur

sanders, congressman from minnesota, the only office holder on the list and a convert to islam, cornell west and james, a supporter of palestinian rights. i have to tell you, there's a big of breaking news. >> hold on for a moment. i'm going to get back to you in a moment. i want to update our viewers about to get a decision in the preliminary hearing involving bill cosby. whether or not a trial could go forward. gloria allred, one of the attorneys for a woman making accusations. i want to listen in and hear what she has to say. >> well, mr. cosby presented a vigorous defense today. i might add that in my experience, 40 years of practicing law, i found it to be very unusual that such a defense was presented at the preliminary hearing stage in a way that it was, one would have to speculate why, you know, some might speculate because the defense was attempting to have an impact on the potential jury pool to suggest that no crime was committed. having said that, it's, i believe it's also an advantage to the prosecution to be able to hear from the defense the potential themes that may present at

now, on the left, our pal, brother, cornell west was given a hard time at ucla of all places.ened there? >> that's right. well, he was supposed to speak at a conference named after notable rabbi out there, rabbi who it h. been a friend of martin luther king and worked with him on the civil rights movement. and a coalition of jewish organizations asked that he be dis-invited because of his views on the israeli palestine, israeli palestinian issue and also because of his support for the bds movement boycott domestic and sanctions on israel. they ask that he be dis-invited. >> but he wasn't. he got to speak, right? >> that is right. did he get to speak. >> then our pal congressman louis gutierrez at usc, right? he got a hard time there. >> that's right. unlike many people, actually 11 out of the 18 people who have been subject to dis-invitations this year have actually been disinvited but gutierrez speech at the university shouted down with calls of u.s.a., u.s.a., some times after 15 minutes he gave up and left. that's what we call the heckler's veto, when hecklers take over a v

sanders chose the scholar and racial justice activist cornel west, leading environmentalist and 350.org co-founder bill mckibben, native american activist deborah parker, minnesota congressmember keith ellison who chairs the progressive caucus, and palestinian rights activist and scholar james zogby. attorneys for an indiana woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for what she says was a miscarriage have asked the indiana court of appeals to overturn her sentence. last year purvi patel was convicted of feticide and neglect of a dependent, becoming the first person in u.s. history sentenced to prison for what the state said was an attempt to end her own pregnancy. patel arrived at a hospital, leading and later acknowledged , disposing of her stillborn fetus in a dumpster. prosecutors accused her of taking abortion-inducing pills, even though there was no evidence of drugs found in her system, and used a discredited float test to argue the fetus was born alive. in a statement, national advocates for pregnant women said -- >> we support ms. patel because we believe that there is no point in

cornell west, a controversial figure in many ways but beloved by many. james zogby, clear on his politics respect to palestinian self-dignity and human rights. what do you think of this? >> i think it's what you should expect when bernie sanders has run the campaign he's run. i don't think a lot of people thought they would be at this position when he started his campaign. and i think that it's the logical outgrowth of a campaign that's probably in some ways surprised even bernie sanders about how successful it's been. and i think the pushback, if there is any pushback, this idea he should end his campaign or he should stand down, bernie sanders is representing millions of people. it would almost be a slap in their face for him to back down and say, okay, the mathematical chances of me winning are almost nil, i'm out. >> that's certainly the way think see it or at least they talk about seeing it. my question is you've got this platform committee. we haven't had a good, big, platform fight in the democratic party for a while. a little bit of one in 2012 i

a couple of your appointees when it comes to the issue in israel, including cornell west, he refers to the palestinians as the plight of an occupied people. do you agree with his characterization? >> what i believe is that the united states is going to be playing on a level playing field in dealing with israel and the palestinian people. i am 100% pro israel in the sense of israel's right to exist. i lived in israel. i have families in israel. israel has the right to live not only in peace and security, but to know that their very existence will be protected by the united states government. on the other hand, i think if we're going at lasting peace in the middle east, the united states has got to respect the needs of the palestinian people. they cannot be pushed aside. so that is my view. and, you know, other people can say whatever they want. that is my view. >> what do you want the platform to say? do you want to refer to the palestinians as an occupied people? do you want to say that israel is -- >> well -- it's a little bit -- we're a little bit early about worrying about the wordi

meanwhile, racial justice scholar and activist cornel west, who is one of bernie sanders' five appointees to the democratic party's platform drafting committee, has accused israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu of war crimes in the continued occupation of palestinian territories. this comes as netanyahu moves his government even further to the right with addition of the right-wing nationalist yisrael beiteinu party. professor west and another sanders' appointee, james zogby, are looking to incorporate opposition to israel's occupation of palestinian territories into the democratic party platform, when the drafting committee meets at the democratic national convention in philadelphia in july. president obama is in japan today for the g7 summit, amid increasing tensions between the two countries over a u.s. military contractor's alleged rape and murder of a 20-year-old japanese woman on the island of okinawa. japanese prime minister shinzo abe spoke out. >> i feel strong indignation about the selfish and extremely mean crime. it has not only shaken the citizens of okinawa, but the whole

given five seats on the platform committee although i must say i regretted one of those he chose, cornell weste of the most bitter critics of president obama, i thousand that very regettable, mr. west impugned president obama's commitment as african-american to civil rights. that was sanders' right to do that. nothing we are talking about sidelined him. he will go there with his delega delegates, have fewer than hillary clinton because he won fewer votes and delegates. under the rules his people can offer platform amendments and have this debate and nominate him and make speeches about him and have roll call and he will get votes. he hasn't been sidelined at all. my job is to make sure you don't get involved in a parliamentary snarl where people look bad, rules are fair rules and don't help one person or another just make sure under the rules if he has a certain number of delegates either on the platform committee or on the floor he can offer amendments to the platform. my job is to make sure that right is fully protected. there's no sidelining. >> i was going to say you seem to be saying esse

one of the people they're putting on, cornell west. he is a radical.hat the convention might want with the democratic party might want. and he is not going to be shy about making those needs and wants and desires known. this is apart of the bernie sanders movement that really is in some ways using the democratic party and using this election the way you would use a rental car, a one way trip where you want to go. the metaphor, family car, go from here to there and use everyday. so yes, it is a concession. the chair of the dnc, really has control of all of the seats, and they did not have to give any to bernie sanders or to anybody else. they could have all been hand picked. >> why did they give it to him do you think? >> here is the other side. the party platform is nonbinding. i don't know what is in the party platform and neither do you. we haven't talked about it for four years. the same is true on the republican side by the way. there are no penalties for violating the party platform. there is no guidance that goes out to local candidates. there is

bernie sanders is adding professor cornell west and minnesota congressman ellison to his platform draftingicy for the party in the election. both of those men are outspoken critics of israel. with us now is congressman from new york, only jewish republican in the house of representatives. congress, welcome to the program. >> happy to be here. stuart: 70% of the jewish vote in the last several elections has gone to the democrats. after this, with these two people on the policy drafting committee, do you think this is an opening for republicans to get more of the jewish vote? >> well, there is no question about it. and this is related to president obama's foreign policy, the way that he has growing daylight between himself and prime minister netanyahu. this is a new issue where the last democratic convention they were setting a platform. they have a growing element in the democratic base that is pro palestinian. i've been in the house foreign affairs committees where half the crowd is code pink to bring israeli leaders on war crimes. so, ronald reagan got a lot of the jewish vote. it hasn't

. >> complete with controversial ending as travel call missed on west brook late in the game. cornell bernard is live at oracle arena where the fans were surely surprised after rare loss at home. >> yes. lots of sad faces leaving oracle tonight. nation knot disappointed this is not what they were expecting. one fan just told me he forgot what it's like to lose because it never, ever happens. now earlier tonight we were cheering on the team as they jumped ahead of the thunder for really most of the game. later in the game the thunder came back in a big way to close the gap. and take the lead. warriors fans were watching but they really couldn't believe it. >> it was close. i don't know how we blew a 12 point lead. i mean, they are playing hard but oklahoma they look like they want it. >> it was just exciting and then kind of got sad at the en end. oh, well there's another day. another game. so i'm ready for the next one. >>reporter: take a look at this. this is kind of a high point. lighted wrist band. every fan got a free one. sink ronize with music. cool experience. enhance the fan e

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