Cornel West quotes

Posted it themselves Oct 9

“Be it drones dropped in Somalia. Be it the genocide in Gaza. Be it the executions in Iran. It could be the treatment of Muslims in China. I don’t care what color they are. It’s a moral issue! It’s a spiritual issue! Because every human being has a dignity and a sanctity that the world didn’t give them and the world can’t take away, because they’re made in the image of a living and loving God! That’s what’s kept Black people going. And if we lose our spirituality and morality, all the politicians in the world won’t save us! We want freedom! We come from a great African people who were brought to plantations, and we won’t come all the way to 2026 just to join new plantations! #TruthJusticeLove”

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Posted it themselves Aug 20

“Whether in Iran, Palestine, Haiti, America, or among poor and working people everywhere, our moral responsibility is the same: stand with the vulnerable, bear witness, and refuse to look away! #TruthJusticeLove @kbla1580 @tavissmiley @AnnahitaMahdavi”

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Posted it themselves Oct 16

“Politics is not primarily about the politicians. It’s about the people. When poor people, working people, and Black people are not organized to bring power and pressure to bear, the status quo becomes very difficult to change. Any time you can use your voice, energy, creativity, your arts, your prize, your title, to try to cast a limelight on people who are suffering! #TruthJusticeLove”

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Posted it themselves Oct 12

“From Palestinians to Black Americans, to poor and working-class people everywhere, the moral question remains the same: Will we simply witness suffering—or will we follow through with our witness? #TruthJusticeLove”

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Posted it themselves Sep 13

“Twenty-five years after 9/11, I still ask: What can a blues nation learn from a blues people? I spoke then of the “Niggerization of America”—a nation suddenly experiencing the fear, vulnerability, and insecurity Black people have endured for generations. We answered hatred with love, terror with freedom, and trauma with healing. The question remains: What has America learned from suffering? #TruthJusticeLove #September11 @tavissmiley @kbla1580”

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