The Legacy of Michael Jackson

There’s been a lot of discussion about Michael’s legacy and how it’s affected by the allegations of child molestation and the general oddity of his later years… dunno how I feel about it, but the guys in this clip make some brilliant points.

I mean – it’s pretty f’ed up if he really did it, but then again, do the sins he may have committed cancel out the joy he brought into the world?  I was randomly flipping channels, stopped on Tavis Smiley and got stuck on it, because his two guests – Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, and Dr. Cornel West were rocking this interview about what he meant to the world and specifically, how much he meant to the African American community.

I don’t think I agree about the way they chracterize Elvis, but man, for a kid who grew up thinking of  Michael Jackson as a fairly politically and even racially neutral dude,  this explanation of his legacy was eye opening.