Cornel West, author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters

Pic related is speaking at my university later this month, lecturing on African-American stuff.

What should I ask him, Sup Forums?

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Ask him if he thinks that Black power movements can exist outside of the framework of marxism. And if so, why has one like that never emerged?

I think he'd probably correct me that conflict theory isn't exactly 1:1 marxism

Something about kangz. Black intellectuals get defensive when people bring up how little their race has done.

Its still based off Marxism.

and also pls ask him how south afrca and former south rhodesia are doing

Ask him if he thinks affirmitive action is racist

and if he says no ask him why he thinks blacks need to be given things for free by race and not by status or merit

Cornell West is a totally honorable far-leftist and civil rights leader compared to someone like Al Sharpton.

Ask him what he thinks about Cannonball.

This. Cornel West is based.
>Committed Christian
>Non-marxist
>Repeatedly calling out the Dems for being complete hypocrites
>Tweeting DNC Leaks

>Cannonball
wut

non-marxist?
sauce on that?

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He ultimately rejects Marxism because he couldn't reconcile it with his deep Christian faith.

how can he advance blacks without marxism? conflict theory is inspired by marxism.

I'll have to ask him this very question as you said

if that frizzy hair itches when he tries to go to sleep.

The issue is all campaigns to advance them have never focused on democracy and merit. They are either about violence or redistribution of wealth. Never about status or wealth by merit or achievement.

I've heard he gets a lot of hate from the progressives for not supporting Shillary.
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Every serious attempt to understand society is inspired by marxism. That doesn't mean every such attempt is Marxist.

Bullshit. How brainwashed are you?

Certainly not all, but many. The reparations yahoos are certainly in that camp. But I think many arguments are predicated on the idea that arguments for merit and achievement without a level playing field aren't good arguments at all.

Certainly the social justice crowd exaggerates societal problems to gain sympathy and favor, but there's hard data on the shit that black people face as a demographic that largely precludes them from the same level of achievement as other races.

Follow that up with; why does the back bone of the black power movement rely on a white ideology

"Sincerity is a much overrated virtue." - Milton Friedmnan

Who cares that you're forthcoming if what you're saying is complete and utter bullshit.

I'm not sure if that is a serious question or not. Anyway, how is it bullshit? Which bit?

Are you actually this fucking dumb?

Anyway, OP: You are not going to stump him, and you will just look the most cringeworthy autistic kid ever.

>> Precludes thousands of years of philosophical and political theory because he has a raging anti-Marxist hardon

Go home, user. You're an idiot.

Honestly as far as radicalized niggers go Cornell west is somewhat tolerable tbqh

Ask him if he understands the difference between a democracy and a republic, and then ask him if he knows how every democracy and republic had historically ended up to this point

Ask him if I could attempt a field goal through the gap in his teeth.

The only things that legitimately precludes them are on-average lower IQs and a less developed capacity to defer gratification while living in an advanced society that is rewards both.

The rest of the things going against them are policies they've kept voting for the last fifty years and therefore have only themselves to blame.

Yes but these are not innate traits, but learned helplessness on the basis of a society that largely prefers them to go back to Africa. If you're poor and either have no chance of success or are taught to believe as much, you take every handout you can get, even if it robs you of self-determination in the long run.

If we actually gave a shit and invested in programs that empowered them to forge their own path, instead of coddling them with pity parties where we throw money at them, they'd largely take it.

How is IQ not innate?
They have proven biological differences in anatomy and behavior. They have differently functioning MAOI genes compared to whites. Its not as if there's ever been an example of Blacks being well-treated and then their kids achieve at the level of whites.

Ask him why he's a socialist given that it's failed miserably in every instance of it being implemented.

Its not innate, and you're clearly using terms you don't understand because you seek a biological basis for your prejudices.

> Its not as if there's ever been an example of Blacks being well-treated and then their kids achieve at the level of whites.

That argument is especially specious and intellectually dishonest.

If we send monkeys to medical school they won't be doctors.

You're right. Luckily we're just sending people.

Are YOU proud Sup Forums?

Ask him a white guy named Talcum X is running the show

I think there is precedent in assuming that human beings in sub-saharan Africa as a result of environment pressures as well as relative isolation from other early civilizations in the Eurasian continent have had less capacity to select for more developed cognitive ability. There is more and more research in the field of socio-biology that qualifies this line of reasoning and honestly it is just wishful thinking to assume that nature would align with human egalitarian ideals.

He looks like a fucking frog

Ask him what it's like to take a dump, then turn around and see a turd is the same color as his skin

is he a quadroon?
Funny how the whitest Blacks always lead them. Obama, this guy, Beyonce.

Holy fuck are you retarded? Questions and attempts to understand society have been going on since plato's era. All serious and all excellent. The very concept of the republic is what stands today as the normal effective political standard.

Economics is the first "serious" attempt to understand society because it is founded on empirical facts and relations within society.

Best black person in the game

I hate the way he talks. Its so annoying.

Ask him if there is a correlation between organ donor cards on black people killed by cops and if America is running a black market organ harvest business off the blacks.

Ask him why niggers have a violent crime rate more than double that of spics when their poverty rates are nearly identical.

If he talks about 'muh slavery' or 'muh jim crow,' ask him how, specifically, that causes Tyrone or Jamal to commit rape and murder.

Ah, yes. The 'we need mo money fo dem programs' bullshit. No. We've spent trillions on them already. They don't deserve another dime.

If they want to fix their problems, they'll stop blaming their superiors and start looking inwards. When the single motherhood rate among niggers is north of 70%... When getting an education is seen as 'acting white...' When not selling drugs or pimping is seen as somehow inferior...

Bring one of those loud horns that SJWs use. Bonus points for red paint to symbolize the 1804 Haiti massacre.

This, every woke nigga in the room will go apeshit amen-ing you

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