Cornel West: 'George Floyd's public lynching pulled the cover off who we really are'



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As the US philosopher and civil rights activist looks ahead to the presidential election, he discusses Joe Biden, Black Lives Matter and why Barack Obama was more Kenny G than John Coltrane Cornel West is a thinker. Readers of Prospect magazine recently voted him the world’s fourth-best thinker. And right now he is thinking about 3 November, and whether the United States will reject or endorse Donald Trump. No one knows what will happen; not even West, not least because in the US he sees contradictions that even he can’t fully explain. One such contradiction was Charlottesville, Virginia on the day in August 2017 when far-right activists menaced a community, killed a woman protesting against racism and then basked in the affirmation of Trump calling them “some very fine people”. West – always dapper in black suit, black scarf, white shirt, gleaming cufflinks and with his grey-flecked afro standing proud – was there. Trump is creating a character for himself. Like a dumbed down version of a Pirandello play I wouldn’t be who I am without an Aretha Franklin or John Coltrane Continue reading…


Cornel West: 'George Floyd's public lynching pulled the cover off who we really are'

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