Cornel West, born on this day in 1953, is a philosopher, socialist activist and educator, and public intellectual whose works include "Race Matters" and "The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto", co-authored with Tavis Smiley.

The son of a Baptist minister, West's political thought focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society. A radical democrat and advocate for social democracy, West draws intellectual contributions from multiple traditions, including the black Christian church, Marxism (although he identifies as a non-Marxist socialist, believeing the Christian faith and Marxism to be irreconcilable), and transcendentalism.

Among his noted works are "Race Matters" (1994), "Democracy Matters" (2004), and "The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto" (2012), co-authored with Tavis Smiley. In this last work, Smiley and West provide a broad, multi-racial look at the history and experience of poverty in the United States, concluding with a twelve-point program to address this poverty.

West has served as honorary chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, which he has described as "the first multiracial, socialist organization close enough to my politics that I could join". He also described himself as a "radical democrat, suspicious of all forms of authority" in the Matrix-themed documentary "The Burly Man Chronicles".

West was arrested on October 13th, 2014, while protesting against the shooting of Michael Brown and participating in "Ferguson October", and again on August 10th, 2015, while demonstrating outside a courthouse in St. Louis on the one-year anniversary of Brown's death.

-- Cornel West - The Historical Philosophy of W.E.B. Du Bois - Class

-- Race Matters, Cornel West

-- Dr. Cornel West & James H. Cone in Conversation-"Black Prophetic Fire"

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  • Grownbravy [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Thats boring.

    I figured if youre that full of yourself you’d do something more wild

    • Wojackhorseman2 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Nah like any other insane nationalist kind of attitude it’s a lot of pomp. I think Texas is relatively homogenized with the surrounding south at this point.

      We do have some weird legacy laws and shit that survives, like the independent energy grid that fucked us back in February. And we have our own EPA that’s basically a revolving door of oil execs coming in to slash protections for our environment and make it so a refinery can be built right by a small town and school.

        • Wojackhorseman2 [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Lol yeah. Texas is what happens when you have 70+% of the population look at everything wrong with america and go “that’s good actually and I’m proud of it, we should do it even more” and the only reason that number is so low is we’ve had a lot of growth In our Hispanic who tend to be much more progressive especially our west/south west

          I went to the beach last summer and there were 25 trucks and golf carts driving up and down the coast with various trump flags. One was the image where they photoshopped his head on to Rambo lol

          • Grownbravy [they/them]
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            3 years ago

            I dunno, if I’m remembering right, i think the hispanic/latino population arent appreciating the state having been stolen, and the white people running it into the ground.

            • Wojackhorseman2 [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              That’s what I meant, historically the white support all this shit but the Hispanic (and black population particularly here in Houston) population is working to make it better.

              As far as run it into the ground, depending on what you mean by this Texas’s economy is technically pretty good (to a capitalist anyway), it’s actually like the only red state that isn’t subsidized by the rest of America. But our infrastructure is pretty fucking terrible but Texans generally let it slide bc they have an extreme commitment to the “the state shouldn’t do stuff for you you should handle it yourself”’ethos.

              • Grownbravy [they/them]
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                3 years ago

                my friends were thinking of moving to Austin. I doubt they're ready to really see it for themselves

                • Wojackhorseman2 [he/him]
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                  3 years ago

                  Honestly Austin is probably not much of a culture shock depending on where you’re from. Being in Austin is kind of a somewhat similar vibe to the west coast. I mean it’s still Texas but a couple years ago I was in a resale shops there that was selling Free Palestine stickers haha.

                  There’s still tons of capital T Texan shit heads there but a lot of more progressive minded people too bc it’s a college town

                  • Grownbravy [they/them]
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                    3 years ago

                    i know two things

                    1. Keep Austin Weird was a thing, and probably lost.
                    2. The joke that it's a liberal zoo.

                    so maybe it'll be a good fit.

                    I just know I probably wont be visiting them.