Most infuriating falsehood is Dr. Cornel West 4Prez is “vanity run” who did “photo op” in Ferguson.
No public figure stands w/OTG activists more—& it ain’t close. In 7/2014, it’s career suicide to be at #FreePalestine rally—worst vanity choice in history
“Photo-Op” claim doesn’t come from Ferguson activists who I watched hug the shit out of that man cuz by Oct2014 big media left but not the brutality. He used his celeb to BRING BACK cams to daily fight after world moved on. How come no one else famous wanted these “photo ops?”
“Standing Rock is consistently the same struggle (as Ferguson). It’s a beautiful thing I see this coming together” —Dr. Cornel West
It was COLD! CW came to help impact the months long media blackout at SR. Again, why is he one of only public figures?
"We're bearing witness to love and justice"
Dr. Cornel West in Charlottesville hours b4 murder of Heather Heyer 😔. He left ivory tower to put body on line to stand up to neo-Nazis? A-gain, why was the only famous person standing with us?
This is from #RiseUpOctober in 2015 in NYC with 100+ families who had loved ones killed by police. This is Vonderrit Myers Sr. & Family. Outside STL, few know him. This is the kind of love ppl get from Dr. Cornel West. If u haven’t seen it, u can’t understand it. He is 100% REAL.
Murder of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin was SO brutal on video that anyone could understand. it was one of few times corporate media did some decent coverage. Here is Dr. West tearing it up for 5 minutes on CNN.
His OTG activism formed my view of his authenticity & why I spent weekend researching DeSantis (way overblown) critique. No he doesn’t support RD or his Ed Plan—only a small slice (CLT) long b4 RD. West called article title WSJ used “ridiculous”. My thread on many misconceptions
“It’s the 2% time I’d agree w/DeSantis. 98% time, he’s a xenophobe & cowardly manipulator of culture wars”
Dr. Cornel West via @SabbySabs2 defines Classical Ed. “from Socrates to Toni Morrison, from Sophocles to James Baldwin”. Thread to debunk bad info:
Besides bad faith critics who said Dr. West “endorsed” Ron DeSantis or his Ed Plan, many in good faith took 1 article line out of context from his long-time support for CLT. Few cite his article LAST year citing FD & MLK after Howard dropped the classics. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Why is Dr. Cornel West on CLT Board?
1—He’s Philosophy Prof w/deep ❤️ of Classical Ed.
2—He views CE as critical to Black liberation
3—He wants2update egregious omissions. CLT list isn’t nearly as white/male as critics assume 🤔
0 playoff wins — OC Kellen Moore
6 playoff wins — OC Eric Bieniemy
Media: “Kellen is a genius and would be a top head coach candidate”
I’m old enough to remember sports media pronouncing Adam Gase and Chip Kelly offensive geniuses. Kellen Moore exists in a long media tradition of unearned white privilege
“Eric Bieniemy doesn’t interview well”
“Jim Caldwell doesn’t interview well”
White GM’s don’t value on-field results, only how much a coach vibes w/them. Reminds me how Bears GM was blown away by Marc Trestman interview after Lovie Smith was fired after 10-6 season. This 👇
Civil Asset Forfeiture is legalized robbery by police. And can’t stress enough the man most responsible for creating & expanding these laws is Joe Biden. Receipts coming:
“We changed the law so that.. the gov’t can take everything you own. Your car, your house, bank account... Everything”
Joe Biden lauding his creation of civil asset forfeiture laws & more in 1991. His goal is to shame Bush as not as tough enough on crime.
Joe Biden’s crime/drug bills did not begin in 1994, but 1982 b4 any crack epidemic. His first huge policy act was to create Civil Asset Forfeiture laws w/Strom Thurmond as Judiciary co-chairs. Joe explains how he cut deal w/Strom to “keep liberals away” from killing the bill.
"...the shady private company run by some dude [CEO John Picerne] who donates thousands of dollars to political campaigns and has 49-ft yacht & Palm Beach mansion full of exotic alligator & snake taxidermy?" reuters.com/investigates/s…
“Corvias and the Military: Military families report collapsed ceiling that resulted in children being injured, black mold, breathing issues, all problems Howard students have reported. These families are currently suing Corvias for $5M” #BlackburnTakeover cbs17.com/news/local-new…