Cornel West quotes
Cornel West is an African-American philosopher, political activist, and public intellectual known for his work on race and social justice. His influential writings, including "Race Matters," have shaped conversations in philosophy, politics, and culture. He continues to be an outspoken critic of inequality and a passionate advocate for civil rights. Here are 60 of his quotes:
The authority of science promotes and encourages the activity of observing, comparing, measuring and ordering the physical characteristics of human bodies. Cartesian epistemology and classical ideals produced forms of rationality, scientificity and objectivity that, though efficacious in the quest for truth and knowledge, prohibited the intelligibility and legitimacy of black equality. In fact, to "think" such an idea was to be deemed irrational, barbaric or mad.
Cornel West
King's response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens.
Cornel West
My dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men. As a young brother who grows up in a white context, brilliant African father, he's always had to fear being a white man with black skin. All he has known culturally is white. He has a certain rootlessness, a deracination.
Cornel West
Cornel West
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Occupation: African-American Philosopher
Born: June 2, 1953
Quotes count: 60
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