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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Cornel West Backs Bernie Sanders [View all]Catherina
(35,568 posts)109. Brother West speaks nothing but the truth! No way he could endorse Clinton
instead she gets Michael Eric Dyson, a self-serving neoliberal opportunist of the highest order.
Like Hillary Clinton.
The heavyweight Democrat has a robust campaign machine with political recognition, financial access, and unrivaled experience, her role in the presidential race is a solid one. Shes qualified, determined, brilliant, and pragmatic and shes keeping her eye on the Black base. With many high profile grassroots pro-Black activists publicly questioning her commitment to Black Liberation, she knows shell need Black foot soldiers with more reach and validity firmly in her corner.
Dyson is a good fit. He has the connections and platform without the threat. Cornel West is a threat. A few choice words about Clintons ties to mass incarceration and the Black base starts to look for other political options.
To me, Dysons article was a strategic maneuver a preemptive setup thats weak-kneed at best, and betrayal at worst. Dyson positioned himself as a respectable Black savior attuned to the revolutionary vibe, but deeply invested in capitalist/political infrastructure. Cornel West is his arch-villain, a fallen angel suffocating in the clutches of a demented satanic-like possession, while Dyson is a deliverer of reasonable truth and justice, even when, with closer inspection, his words ring shallow.
http://blackmillennials.com/2015/04/21/about-that-dyson-article/
The heavyweight Democrat has a robust campaign machine with political recognition, financial access, and unrivaled experience, her role in the presidential race is a solid one. Shes qualified, determined, brilliant, and pragmatic and shes keeping her eye on the Black base. With many high profile grassroots pro-Black activists publicly questioning her commitment to Black Liberation, she knows shell need Black foot soldiers with more reach and validity firmly in her corner.
Dyson is a good fit. He has the connections and platform without the threat. Cornel West is a threat. A few choice words about Clintons ties to mass incarceration and the Black base starts to look for other political options.
To me, Dysons article was a strategic maneuver a preemptive setup thats weak-kneed at best, and betrayal at worst. Dyson positioned himself as a respectable Black savior attuned to the revolutionary vibe, but deeply invested in capitalist/political infrastructure. Cornel West is his arch-villain, a fallen angel suffocating in the clutches of a demented satanic-like possession, while Dyson is a deliverer of reasonable truth and justice, even when, with closer inspection, his words ring shallow.
http://blackmillennials.com/2015/04/21/about-that-dyson-article/
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There will be a moment of reckoning when President Obama leaves office. White feminists will become the new media darlings in preparation for Hillary Clintons presidential run, and Obama will no longer be the site of exploration where many black people grapple with what real black political power looks like situated within a white supremacist structure. During that moment, identity politics and neoliberal agendas won't be able to masquerade as collective advancement, and we will climb out of this rabbit hole where progressive blackness seems to be defined by proximity to the African-American man in the White House.
And when that day comes, Id be willing to place a bet that Cornel West will still be standing in his truth: scholar, activist and lover of black people, even when too many of us didnt love him back.
Kirsten West Savali is a cultural critic and senior writer for The Root and was awarded a 2015 Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellowship. Her provocative commentary explores the intersections of race, social justice, religion, feminism, politics and pop culture.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2015/04/michael_eric_dyson_s_cornel_west_essay_was_a_hit_piece_wrapped_in_scholarly.2.html
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Yes, please take cornel, bernie! The professor who's been in a one sided "pissing match.."
Cha
Aug 2015
#147
Alert stalking at its worst. Another failed attempt to silence an HRC supporter.
hrmjustin
Aug 2015
#22
The whole lesson we can learn here is not to let those who dislike us to silence us.
hrmjustin
Aug 2015
#31
that's bull and you know it. you get called out for a variety of reasons, zero of which have to do
dionysus
Aug 2015
#146
i get alert stalked as much as anyone here, maybe not you though, LOL. but you know you did just
bettyellen
Aug 2015
#184
This guy has been a bully for over a decade, in fact since I joined the site
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2015
#185
I had no idea- but responding with such cruelty yourself is not helping you any.
bettyellen
Aug 2015
#186
It is not cruel for me to wish them to understand the pain they have caused
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2015
#187
you hope they "not just beak you, but beak you hard" . and "a full nasty dose" is pretty cruel.
bettyellen
Aug 2015
#188
no-one is bullying you nadin, and i've been insulted many a time on DU without playing the
dionysus
Aug 2015
#202
i'd advise you to take nadin's tales of never-ending persecution with a grain of salt. let's say
dionysus
Aug 2015
#208
3M approximately equals 9 feet nadin. tengo carnales en cuidad de mexico, nadin. take your racism
dionysus
Aug 2015
#215
on the contrary, you relish the attention seeking. if you're jewish, how would i know? and even if
dionysus
Aug 2015
#224
do you think i keep track of your posts? i usually only come across the fantstical fabrtications...
dionysus
Aug 2015
#229
nadin loves to hide behind her "victim" status, while simultaneously posting crap like that.
dionysus
Aug 2015
#200
"And since I am sure you will need a translation" no nadin... anyhow, it's "bite", not "byte".
dionysus
Aug 2015
#210
you spelt rifle "riffle" for months on end, despite correction... see, your problem is that you
dionysus
Aug 2015
#226
I forget who it was, it took place about 6 weeks ago, and there was a big brouhaha...
George II
Aug 2015
#129
Thank you. As I said, it was a disgusting remark, and more disgusting that it didn't get hidden
George II
Aug 2015
#131
i recall one of the posters i am arguing with on this thread, who was trying to be "edgy", defended
dionysus
Aug 2015
#212
no, you wanted to be edgy and lecture DU on how whore is no longer gender specific, therefore was
dionysus
Aug 2015
#217
you give yourself far too much importance. if someone regularly makes up fantastical shit on a small
dionysus
Aug 2015
#220
Close to two decades? I hope the two of you were corresponding on another site, because...
George II
Aug 2015
#228
That's not the one I was referring to - the one in question was a reference to Clinton being....
George II
Aug 2015
#222
0-7 LEAVE! Juror #1 "You have got to be kidding. It's an opinion and people can call anyone names.
Cha
Aug 2015
#123
Wait a minute. The poster called West a clown may be offensive to someone here
underthematrix
Aug 2015
#28
He is not a clown, he is a self proclaimed non-Marxist socialist who believes in God, at least that
still_one
Aug 2015
#35
You are correct I misrepresented his position. He is a non-Marksist Socialist:
still_one
Aug 2015
#160
how dare you call the person who called President Obama the following.. “Rockefeller Republican in
Cha
Aug 2015
#122
Well, I was going to call him much worse but I thought I was being nice with clown.
leftofcool
Aug 2015
#125
Trying to be "nice".. ya see how far that got ya. lol But, it was a 0-7 LEAVE.. I like #Juror 1
Cha
Aug 2015
#126
Don't worry, she has James Carville campaigning for her in South Carolina...
AppalachianLeftist
Aug 2015
#11
Oh, I've noticed and that's put them on the wrong side of history. And, that's where they'll
Cha
Aug 2015
#154
Yep. AA community is not feeling Cornell West or his brother in Obama hate
underthematrix
Aug 2015
#54
Black folks know what's up. There will be few of us that will see this as a good thing
Number23
Aug 2015
#75
Cornel West on President Obama: “Rockefeller Republican in blackface.” "a niggerized black person."
Cha
Aug 2015
#121
yes he he did say you're correct here is the conversation -he was criticizing Obama for not
azurnoir
Aug 2015
#90
West is an extremely polarizing figure, and his disrespect for President Obama, and
still_one
Aug 2015
#44
No those aren't republican talking points, and they are not hateful or judge mental, I call it as
still_one
Aug 2015
#94
Sorry charlie, honest and caring people do not use racist terms to describe the President
leftofcool
Aug 2015
#112
I believe the task force released a report and implemetation has already
underthematrix
Aug 2015
#41
well that's nice, we've read the reports about officer routinely turning off those body cams
azurnoir
Aug 2015
#46
Sorry but iIMO the problem has grown to the point where those things enumerated outside of
azurnoir
Aug 2015
#95
Sigh, I'm starting to think this is some FUD here regarding BLM and Bernies supporters...
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#38
Who says he hasn't pressured the govs. President Obama does a lot of stuff
underthematrix
Aug 2015
#47
Excuse me?! Did you save that up so you could dump it on me? Talk about over the top.
haikugal
Aug 2015
#98
I know, just wanted to have a more complete answer of who was in the room
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2015
#50
Then he should have said that instead of calling our President ugly racist names.
leftofcool
Aug 2015
#23
a radical out of the mainstream ivory tower type like West, go ahead, keep him
ericson00
Aug 2015
#74
Dr. West says some things I agree with, some I don't... just like pretty much every other
MerryBlooms
Aug 2015
#89
Cornell West's star faded a long time ago, about the time he went whacko bird on Obama.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#91
I couldn't help myself, I like Sanders... we have 4 kick ass candidates IMHO
uponit7771
Aug 2015
#192
Thank you, sometimes we need to look at race and gender and inequality, but ultimately ...
slipslidingaway
Aug 2015
#133
The fact that you dislike MED elevates him significantly in my opinion. But never mind that
Number23
Aug 2015
#171
"Calling Obama a ‘global George Zimmerman’? No. No.”: Michael Eric Dyson sounds off on Cornel West,
Cha
Aug 2015
#132
Hillary supporters think black voices should only be listened to if it supports their agenda.
Bonobo
Aug 2015
#191
Nah, West has spewed ugly racist epithets at President Obama.. don't try to cover that up.
Cha
Aug 2015
#237
Yes. So sad that people don't tolerate a guy who called Obama the first niggerized president.
Drunken Irishman
Aug 2015
#233
Get it out there. Lots of whites love West and ignore his racist hate speech.
Drunken Irishman
Aug 2015
#239