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
-- Dr. Cornel West & James H. Cone in Conversation-"Black Prophetic Fire"
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California just legalized MDMA, lsd, shrooms, and ketamine?????
If only cost of living wasn't so fucked
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the only friend that hadn't left my city during the pandemic has now been deported and every relationship Ive made in the last 5 years is gone can I get an F in the chat
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check this out, if Justin Trudeau wrote it instead
Blackfaces and Reds
If Biden wrote it:
Uh, You Can Wear That Shirt or the Other One Mac
My dad almost died from complications stemming from being burned in a house fire and was out of work for months. When he got back they made him work a 48 hour shift when he's in his late 50s, it's all heavy lifting, and they were told by a cardiologist that if his heart is stressed too much he'll die.
I hate capitalism and america so fucking much
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They make these kids pledge allegiance to the us AND the Texas flag :what-the-hell:
i submitted my master thesis today... 30k+ words....
i'm not sure how to feel...
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"Nonpartisan" is just code for "I agree with everything the GOP stands for, but I don't appreciate how they are parodies of themselves", right?
I just read a nonpartisan (wink wink) report that claims raising the minimum wage would send millions into poverty and cause mass unemployment. I hate it here man.
feel slightly compelled to start a struggle session about the new admin update simply bc it feels weird that we've had an admin update without an accompanying struggle session
ayyy whats up everyone. mans been going through it. hows everyone been.
i passed a 4 mm kidney stone and almost had to pay 5k too get it removed if i woudnt have
while i was moving
The fact that Trump has been waddling around Mar A Lago the last few weeks telling people he's going to be president again in August is absolutely hilarious to me
The last time I broke something out of anger was when I was 12 years old.
I bring that up because I have a hard time relating to a certain few people in my family who bash TV screens and punch walls. I can't help but think they're stunted or child-like, I keep having hateful ableist thoughts about them. How is it possible? I'm autistic, I'm easily agitated, but I can actually count all the times I've been bellicose with people around me. It's hard for me to care about people who are always like that.
I officially quit trying to have good intention conversations with chuds and liberals.
From this day on my only response will be :
Get fucked, Shitstain.
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