Cornel West

I am a bluesman in the academy, a jazzman in the church, a funkster in the ivory tower.

I am a bluesman in the academy, a jazzman in the church, a funkster in the ivory tower.

To be a Christian is to be an underdog, a subversive, a revolutionary, a troublemaker.

To be a Christian is to be an underdog, a subversive, a revolutionary, a troublemaker.

I'm a revolutionary Christian, a non-Marxist socialist, a prophetic pragmatist, and a Socratic gadfly.

I'm a revolutionary Christian, a non-Marxist socialist, a prophetic pragmatist, and a Socratic gadfly.

Justice is what love looks like in public.

Justice is what love looks like in public.

I'm a jazz freedom fighter, and I believe in the power of improvisation and the blues as a way of life.

I'm a jazz freedom fighter, and I believe in the power of improvisation and the blues as a way of life.

The blues is a mode of being in the world, an existential stance, a way of grappling with the catastrophes of life.

The blues is a mode of being in the world, an existential stance, a way of grappling with the catastrophes of life.

I'm a spiritual warrior. I'm fighting for truth, justice, and love.

I'm a spiritual warrior. I'm fighting for truth, justice, and love.

Black people have been treated like property, like things, like commodities. And we've still got to love.

Black people have been treated like property, like things, like commodities. And we've still got to love.

We live in a moment where we have neoliberal policies and militaristic policies and surveillance state policies that are all connected.

We live in a moment where we have neoliberal policies and militaristic policies and surveillance state policies that are all connected.

The American empire is crumbling from within. And it’s not just economic, it’s spiritual, it’s moral.

The American empire is crumbling from within. And it’s not just economic, it’s spiritual, it’s moral.