Harry Belafonte Discusses President Obama and the Importance of Protest In America
An excerpt from the May 16, 2011 Democracy Now! interview with Harry Belafonte.
But he once said something to me during his campaign for the presidency…I said, “Well, you know, I hope you bring the challenge more forcefully to the table.” And he said, “Well, when are you and Cornel West going to cut me some slack?” And I got caught with that remark. And I said to him, in rebuttal, “What makes you think we haven’t?”
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