13220808, RE: Cornel West Goes At Ta-Nehisi Coates (Swipe) Posted by Deacon Blues, Sun Dec-17-17 12:34 PM
. > >The disagreement between Coates and me is clear: any analysis >or vision of our world that omits the centrality of Wall >Street power, US military policies, and the complex dynamics >of class, gender, and sexuality in black America is too narrow >and dangerously misleading. So it is with Ta-Nehisi Coates’ >worldview. > >Coates rightly highlights the vicious legacy of white >supremacy – past and present. He sees it everywhere and ever >reminds us of its plundering effects. Unfortunately, he hardly >keeps track of our fightback, and never connects this ugly >legacy to the predatory capitalist practices, imperial >policies (of war, occupation, detention, assassination) or the >black elite’s refusal to confront poverty, patriarchy or >transphobia.
is this true or just not his focus?
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