I guess it's all true then.
Marginalizing Belafonte as "the bongo player" won't quell the serious questions raised in (black) people's minds when they see Powell bite through his tongue rather than make a fuss about issues about which he formerly expressed passion - like affirmative action.
And just for the record, Belafonte has been in the vanguard of human and civil rights battles for 4 decades - no knee-jerking headline seeker he.
i'm with you, snood! i believe belafonte is as much of a patriot as any other american - if not more so. he also has been an outstanding "goodwill" ambassador for the u.s. throughout the world, and as a humble canadian think, that it is a very important assignment that belafonte has handled with DISTINCTION. i think he is more than a citizen of the u.s.; he is a citizen of the world and an ambassador for humanity(having listened to him perform in canada, i admit to a certain prejudice). cheerio!
Belafonte's long gone and of no consequence to the intellectual world.
Long gone? Of no consequence? Okay, I guess that explains the uproar caused by his comments.
The only thing that can ever slow Harry Belafonte down is old, old age. He hasn't gotten that far yet.
