HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): Cornel West: ‘New Jim Crow’ Increasing Under Obama. “West said that disparity applied to Obama’s economy as well, as corporations have made record profits while there has been ‘massive unemployment’ and ‘increasing wealth inequality.’ He said struggling Americans are ‘giving up work’ or ‘working part time’ in Obama’s economy and those numbers are not reflected in the official unemployment numbers.”