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Cornell West is grief stricken because he didn't get invited to the inauguration. He got all ready and didn't get to go. He thought surely that his friend and classmate would invite him, and he has been bitter, and hotter than a $2.00 pistol ever since.

The system was not designed for any African to come in and make the kind of changes that we are looking for. This system was designed by white supremacists, to support and benefit the creators of white supremacy. There is not one plank in that platform that is structured to allow an African with an Arab name, like "Barack Hussein Obama", to come to prominence and make changes which will diminish and weaken the position of white power, and authority. 

Have we forgotten that the president is a figure head, and that the strings are being pulled by decision makers that you and I rarely ever see, and seldom ever hear their names, and that the average person doesn't even believe it when someone tells them just how much control, and the magnitude of the power that person or group of persons wield, not only in this country, but across the globe.

I would love to see this President do more to help change the condition of our people, however, I wonder how far that would go without our full support of those efforts. I wonder how far that would go without us demanding of the government to make changes that are in our best interest.

I ask you Family, are we willing to create the atmosphere and conditions that would put the President and the Congress in a position where they have no choice but to do the right thing? Without that kind of support, and demand, the burden lies on the shoulders of the President, the Congressional Black Caucus, and a hand full of liberals. In all sincerity, is that small group of people what we want the sovereignty, independence, and political self-determination of our people to be hinged on?

For a very long time now, the question has been: "Should Black people focus on the gradual accumulation of skills and economic well being, or should we demand the full and immediate rights due to us as American citizens?" Do we have the courage to demand those rights, or should we simply keep on talking about, "what Mr. Obama" ought to do?"

If we feel that that all we should have to do is wait until some benevolent white man or woman in a black robe, or some Black man in the Presidents chair sign a bill and say: "Here! This document makes you free, independent, and self determining." lets not do anything but wait on that wonderful day. However, if you believe that we have the will to do something in our own behalf to get that freedom, then like the Hon. Marcus Garvey, and the Hon. Elijah Muhammad said, it's time to GET UP, and accomplish that!  

One love, one destiny, one Africa!  Freedom Is our birthright!