Cornel West: There is 'a neo-fascist in the White House' | UpFront
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- This month it emerged White House senior adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist literature and racist propaganda to conservative news website Breitbart in the run-up to the 2016 election.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which obtained the material, Miller pushed racist immigration stories in hundreds of emails to the website.
The SPLC's findings have thrust the racist and white supremacist tendencies of Donald Trump's presidency back into the spotlight.
According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, about six-in-10 Americans (58 percent) think race relations in the United States are bad, and 56 percent think US President Donald Trump has made race relations worse.
Many lay the blame at Donald Trump's door, pointing to his anti-immigrant rhetoric and hardline policies.
American philosopher and activist Cornel West says the era of Donald Trump is distinctive because of the escalation of white supremacy, he describes Trump's presidency as neo-fascist.
"You have white supremacist perceptions, sensibilities and practices coming from above in a neo-fascist moment with a neo-fascist in the White House," West says.
West also believes Trump himself is racist, "if Donald Trump is not a racist," West says, "then I don't know what a racist is."
"He's a narcissist, he's a racist, he's a xenophobe, he's patriarchal, he's homophobic … he's a sign and symptom of a spiritually decadent culture that allows someone like him to have that kind of power."
West says the US has always been white supremacist, just like it has always been male supremacist, and capitalist, but says this neo-fascist moment is distinctive.
"And this is why I think so many people are depressed, especially on the left and in liberal circles, because they think that somehow this is so new that it might be impossible to overcome."
West says the only way to get through this "neo-fascist moment" is through tremendous struggle and solidarity based on a commitment to poor and working people.
"We have to have real, real examples of integrity, honesty, decency, courage and hope," West says.
In this week's UpFront special, we discuss racism in America under Donald Trump with academic and activist Cornel West.
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Love Mehdi and love Cornell even more! I used to think Cornell was cookie and crazy when I just started following politics. But now I realize how wrong I was and how sane he has been this entire time!
Wow. Welcome.
It takes a bug person, a humble person to admit that. Kudos to real growth.
“Neoliberalism is colorful, it’s not just vanilla.”
That's right, so don't be fooled by neoliberals flaunting their identity politics. That's not good enough anymore, if indeed it ever was.
ttystikk rocks if a neoliberal is flaunting identity politics, he is commodifying it for the marketplace.
Aaron Humphrey Yep.
And led by individuals such as “Barack and Michelle” (first-name fake familiarity!!), Carl Pope.
Marian Douglas-Ungaro LOL...OUCH! lol!
I can't discredit him because he has always been consistent with both sides of the party. From Bush first to Clinton, Bush second, Obama, now Trump. Always consistent with his discernments.
High praise indeed these days. We went down in the pooper with Trump so fast. It appears the POTUS is an effective role model of the highest kind, not just Trump. Any POTUS cound exploit the public's need to respect his pronouncements. We should remember this.
@John Kelleher I wouldn't go that far.
@@pierrepaul591 Exactly LOL.
The reason why he doesn't change just because he's a full of it. he's constantly trying to spread hate and start a race war
@John Kelleher You really are not serious.
17:11 Brother Cornell... You have this sister's support.
I love you brother Dr. Cornel West.
He is representative of the very best of America.
YES LORD YAHWAH 💯👈🎯
@@lebredamcelroy832 umwat
@@amad8466 Yahweh god of the Israelite's is banging my dude 100% and I feel the same about Cornel, I think? :) But I'm an atheist and have problems translating sky god talk often. But must say I agree he is a lovely chap.
Cornel West is the greatest prophetic voice of our time.
Word!
Amen!
Cornel West is a great black man.🍁
I'm glad to see Dr West being interviewed more and out there for us to watch and listen to. He is always inspiring to listen to something we need alot more of these days. A very wise man.
He's amazing
Dr. West is on point. Totally agree.
@Bob Smith cry more.
I was going to respond to you reasonably, but you are probably beyond reason. I simply want you to
cry more.
@Bob Smith cry, Bob, cry. Cry for your lost White Privilege, you racist clown- because without that you're completely worthless. I'm as white as they come and people like you make me sick.
I like how Dr. west refers to everyone as brother and sister.
Yes. That´s cool.
Can all oppressed people be rightly categorised therefore as black haired as well?
@Dale Hauk Oh I see, so do all native americans wear a fake weave as well Mexicans colombians, Palestinians etc?
@Dale Hauk You lost me there.
I love that about him too.
I recall hearing him speak so eloquently back in the 70's and he's always called all of us brothers and sisters.
He's absolutely right, it is extremely difficult for some of us to choose evil. The lesser of 2 evils is still EVIL.
He’s not on automatic pilot! Wise words. If you have to choose between two evils then one must think strategically and tactically. As a resident of MA (I assume) his vote was not a force either evil. As a resident of a swing state, not so easy. But even Stein voters in PA could be serving a greater good. Consider me: I supported Clinton in the Primaries and voted for her in the general. If she had won, I might never gotten consider the weakness of the neoliberal paladins like Bill, Barack and Biden! Maybe those Stein voters woke me up to solidarity not identity.
The choice of lesser of tell evils is evidence of our failures of the duties citizenship BEFORE the election. Primaries matter more than the general, the monies elites know it and spend accordingly.
What are you talking about?? WHEN did you U.S. American fake BS elections-voters ever had any other choice than WORSE and even more WORSE criminal idiots leading the U.S.A. please?
The answer, to save all of you your time wasted in your half-backed history books, is: hardly evar.
Not since the Electoral College is abused to RIG everything towards a few well connected, and violently criminal religious fanatic super billionaires families!
Cornel is an old Black religious fanatic idiot! Entertaining old academic man though..
Godless Best,
A.E.
Projectheureka LLC
@@Projectheureka okay wat
@m. ab tsk tsk tsk... Did your fundamentalist Christian extremist overlords send you here to write that??
Dr: west makes me speechless we need million ppl like him. Sanders 2020.
Be one of them. Get involved. Get active. It's the only way!
The man is the best .
Abdu Ali yes we do.
...Sanders, really?...A man who has supported and championed Jews receiving reparations but opposes reparations to African Americans?...that's a big problem that will cost him many votes.
D best
Sanders isn’t worried about losing the German citizen vote.
"Wokeness. I'm not talking about just being woke. You can be obsessed with wokeness and suffer from insomnia. I'm talking about being fortified."
Right
Mark A love this quote
YES
On point.
I love Dr. Cornel West--he refuses to boxed in or categorized. He calls it as he sees it.
JBrumley32771 he’s politically incorrect and trumps not a fascist
JBrumley32771 he’s everything trump is not
I love Cornel West! "It's time to hit the streets and go to jail brother"
THE SAD THING IS THAT A REPEAT OF 2016 IS COMING AGAIN FROM WEST .BIDEN WROTE THE CRIME BILL AND YOU CAN BET DUMBASS PEOPLE LIKE WEST WILL POINT THAT OUT SO THAT TRUMP CAN STAY IN OFFICE AGAIN. I THINK WEST WORK FOR TRUMP.
I run a world government. Dont need that
@@blacksantaria3642 Inconvenient truth must not be stifled.I admire and agree with Mr. West
@@blacksantaria3642 stop all caps
BLACK SANTARIA more like the fact that trump has been better for the black community then any president in recent history and the projected 36%!of the black vote he’s is going to get in 2020.
Love listening to Dr. Cornel West a great man.
Dr.Cornel West...My first time and have been totally won over by you Sir. Salute
Dr. West! This is a real treat!
Absolutely!!! He’s intelligent and straight to the point.
What an enlightening discussion. Mr West makes me know that I still have a lot to learn. Great Interviewer. Polite.
Everyone deserves a decent life.
@Pam M - I don’t even know where to start with your comment, it’s that ridiculous.
What would this world look like if we all have (the right) a descent life ?!
It is exhausting, us, the human race.
Wish I could be a bird with wide wings.
But no, we the human race is destroying the descent life of birds too.
Cornel West is brilliant; I never get tired of hearing him interviewed.
"Get off the symbolic crack pipe" - wonderful line lol
Tom Martin I know I giggled out loud.
The interviewer quoted him on it after he already said it. Slight cringe. I wanted to believe it was an original first time line the first time he said. 😊😩. Gosh I love Cornel. He has such a wonderful soul.
@@matthewsweeney3539 Nope, he's been saying the same thing for a while now. Robust principles and allegories bear repeating.
😂😂😂
No to Biden. He's the same as Trump.
I love to hear Cornel, so logical. How dare he be so decent,
Black men have to be decent in the RACE
@@glendoncodling1012 lol can't tell if maga
"It's not about identity, it's about solidarity" "Not about how woke you are but about fortified you are in being a fighter [for justice] in the long run"
Dr Cornel West-one of my favourite intellectuals.
Who are the other ones? Annie from France
Dr Cornel thank u for speaking truth!
The best part of the Interview: "...at that point, we wouldn't be having a conversation....you and I would be in jail together."
At least they'd be in good company.
I really enjoyed this interview. Dr. West was on point though.
ICE COLD
@@englee2006 he always is.
Bernie Sanders is not a candidate for Black Americans, West is trippin! Seriously! Mic'19 ADOS get involved!
Dr Cornel West.
brother corny
He is totally on the beat.
Yup. Doctor. They forgot to put the respeck on his name.
Cornel West is a great black man.🍁
@@enochantwi9137 They sure did, I caught that too! 😒 Rubbed me the wrong way, but it was a good talk nonetheless lol
Cornel West is a great Man he is right on the money. Thank you Mr. West
Dr. Cornel West is a living legend.
God, I needed this right now. Thank you Cornel.
Every time I listen to Dr.West, a bit of my soul is restored.
We have to flush the establishment TOP TO BOTTOM, not just the token heads of the hydra.
Could you be any less specific?
We are, on the left at least, voting them out one by one.
The right needs to clean up their house too.
And we can kill the special interest lobbying with the right President.
But how do we flush the NGOs like the Tri Lateral Commission and CFR, the national security and surveillance state, CIA et on?
TRUTH, spoken right here. Get involved, get active and get Progressives into Government from county dog catcher to the US Senate. It's the only way.
@@cheviousmis1720 We do it the same way the right wing put them in place to begin with; one at a time, with the backing of a majority of the people.
@@ttystikkrocks1042 ..unpacking,
OK one, you assume way too much power in the office of the US President. As all wars are banker's wars; all of our Presidents to this point have been tools for the oligarchs and bankers that funded their campaigns, that literally put them into office.
Bush was used for the total deregulation they needed to play their ponzy games.
Obama was used to get them off Scott free with a bonus and profits to boot, all at the people's expense.
As for a majority of the people overcoming the right wing emulating their democratic actions..
What planet you living on?
The right wing plans it's actions years in advance and cheats in every way it possibly can. From gerrymandering districts to promoting outright lies to voter suppression.
They're heartless, devious and organized with well thought out long term plans.
The center is happy to go along with those plans.
And the left just can't muster the heartless and devious long-term planning aspect so...
Cornell West: we need more people like him! 👍
*🔥🔥Bernie 2020🔥🔥*
He won’t make it you can’t be having heart attacks
🔥 🔥 🔥🔥
Jenny Winter ....That's BS talk...Lyndon Johnson Had a heart attack prior to becoming president and Dwight Eisenhower had a Heart attack while in office...Just Recently Trump made an Unscheduled trip to his Cardiologist, guessing all that Fast food might be causing some havoc...Bernie 2020 ❤️❤️❤️
@elegant eyes better Bernie than any, any of these other turkeys!!!
Why on Earth are you arguing with Cornel West about his refusal to vote for Clinton and not regretting it? He answered your question. Geez... Move on.
Sanders-West 2020
We need more academics like Dr West
Cornel West is an Inspirational National Treasure 🙏
Dr Cornel West is a brilliant man and Mehdi Hasan is extraordinary journalist!
Brilliant! Trump is indeed a narcissistic gangster, and we’re his hostages
Love this brother
Mehdi Hasan & Cornel West
Two of my favorite people.
@Way More how dare you? racist remarks are unacceptable everywhere.
@multisphere1 I'm not sure what your point is.
Both Mehdi Hasan & Cornel West are against neoliberalism and I have fought against it in the streets of the USA for more than 20 years.
@@akolb8813 You have shown yourself to be a racist douchebag.
You can't even manage to use punctuation or capitalized letters in your attempts to write out sentences. The inabilities you are displaying are typical of those who suffer from undiagnosed mental difficulties.
Your opinion on any subject is not to be respected by anyone who has experienced your kind of ignorance and hatred.
@Raj Shetty Who are my favorite people?
@Raj Shetty Punctuation matters.
I have no idea what your gibberish even means.
always a lesson
to listen our brother Cornel West
This is the first time I have watched medhi in a interview and not over talk or disagree with a host. Dr Cornel just oozes intellect that commands respect.....i enjoyed this interview
I will never support the lesser evil ever again. Always move, organize and vote for the greater good.
Cornel West is a Spartan leftist. His debate skills are the highest caliber.
his rhetoric at the end about being in it for the long run really got me pumped..... amazing.
Dr. Cornel West, a man for whom I have tremendous admiration. Is moral Integrity is something we need more of in this country.
Bernie still is being mistreated by Democrats...It is odd,I dont know one person voting for Biden,and I'm in That age group that is allegedly keeping him a forerunner...
Dr. Cornel West is an American Icon! He is also a spiritual inspiration and this is from am a strong Atheist.
I'm in awe. This is one of the most brilliant conversations I've listened to in a long time. I wish I could put Dr. West in my pocket and take him with me wherever I go.
LONG LIVE BROTHER WEST!!! WE NEED MORE LIKE YOU MAN!!!
💯Thankyou Dr West💯
"Get off the symbolic crack pipe." Love that line.
"There's ways of fighting fascism without necessarily supporting people associated with war crimes... Why do I have to choose between 2 war criminals? Why do I have to choose between 2 gangstas?" - Dr. Cornell West. Mad bars
Bro, it took Cornel West less than 1 minute to perfectly and accurately summarize the current state of the US. This man is a global treasure and one of the foremost intellectuals today alongside Chomsky.
I could listen to Dr. West talk forever, about anything.
Come on, Cornell, speak baby English: Trump doesn't know what neo-fascist means. Just say sad baby, he knows these two words since he's born.
He gets paid for that at Princeton why should he do it here?
You're asking an intellectual giant to shrink for an idiot? Nah.. pass on that.
Enjoyed that... good questions but even better answers!!
Cornel West: "If Donald Trump is a racist, then I don't know what a racist is."
The most true words Cornel West has ever spoken.
Too right, he misspoke and accidentally said what was true.
Cornel west . First time I've heard of him. Brilliant.
Yes Dr. Cornel West is extream!!! Love him!!! Intelligence drops off him, if only I could follow him around to pic it up when he drops it!!!
8:30:" Trump IS a bonnified Gangsta"
Color doesn't matter it's about corrupt and not corrupt.
Only a white male
Or his trophy wife would make that statement:
Bravo Brother West...Bravo!
Cornel West is a legend - I just wish that America had a few million more like him preaching in the streets and in the media.
There are! They are called light workers. They are all over the planet. Dr. West is a profound light Force.
The interviewer seems to think Trump is the only problem in politics.
right but hes the problem really...
Cornel West is such an inspiration.
Cornel West is a great black man.🍁
To all the dislikers: Truth hurts doesn't it? Can't comprehend the motives of good men.
Thank You My Brother.✊🏿I Love You Man.💯
He’s a sign and a symptom of a spiritually decadent culture that allows someone to have that kind of power...I don’t believe in fetishisation.
Perfectly said.
"Let's get off the symbolic crack pipe"... Love it brother Cornel!!!
Sanders/Turner 2020!!!
Very good intellectual figure of our time, Dr. Cornel West, thanks for your insights and truth telling.
really? "very good?" Dr West is brilliant!
I’m glad we have someone who sees so clearly. He’s legend.
@@ChicagoTurtle1 Did he make enough politically correct phrases for a promotion to faculty department head?
Kim O'Brien. Honestly, I think I he cares more about problems in America more than getting a promotion in his dept. He’s not subservient and he’s not in a precarious job situation. What do you think??
@@ChicagoTurtle1 The man oozes political correctness and throws peebles from an Ivory Tower. As a professor he can probably claim to have read thousands of books but lacks any kind of understanding of what real fascism is. No fascist has ever been elected to power not Mussolini, not Franco, not Pinochet, and not Hitler.
There supporters include either the military and police or they have a paramilitary gangsters dressed in uniforms under control of "il Duce" or "Der Fuhrer" that will physical assault anyone deemed as an political opponent. Do you see any paramilitaires at Trump rallies?
"I'm not on automatic." Brilliant!
Thank god, and I´m an atheist, for this brilliant human being named Dr. Cornel West!
Thank God, but youre an atheist... u know. God bless you.
I feel better just listening to this man. Thank you for this interview
Brother West is a man after my own heart. He speaks truth I resonate with. We need more leaders like him who will put their names and lives on the line for integrity and justice for all!
Is it just me but I feel like I see Dr Cornel West as the real Morpheus (from The Matrix movie).. He's so badass.. w/ his astute on point, "get off ur symbolic crackpipe" comments etc.
"The primacy of the moral and the spiritual."
Can we get Medhi and Cornell on the Moderators Table of the next DNC DEBATE???
I live in Sudan but I always look forward to hearing from the esteemed professor.
Imagine how great it is to be one of his students. They are lucky.
Mehdi Hassan likes his guest in this one. Yet still had hard questions. This is journalism.
Fantastic interview!! To my brother's and sisters south of the 49 I wish you all the best
“Even before Donald trump emerged on the scene “ Haha wow. Race was an issue before trump? Jeeze how did we get to this very special collective headspace? God I love cornel west
👏 Yesssss! Much love & respect to our Brother, Dr. Cornel West! I just love to hear him speak & everything he stands for! Dr. West, with all sincerity, amazes me every single time I listen to his speeches, lectures and interviews. He gives me so much hope. I thank our Creator for blessing us with this Brother, Dr. West! When I watch & hear him speak, I feel very proud, as if he's a relative or something. What I mean by that is Brother West feels comforting & extremely familiar to me for some reason. Stay blessed Brother West. Thank you for sharing this interview with the masses! I greatly appreciate this video. ❤️
Love this guy he speaks the truth and not afraid ✊🏾✊🏾
I can explain " that discrepancy ", it's fraudulent statistics.
We need to hear much more from him!!
Check him out on the Joe Rogan podcast, about 2 hours worth of brilliance.
The brother's response to the question at 17:04. ✊🏻✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
Wow! You hit the nail on the head. Great interview Mr West! Sincerely! Mic'19 ADOS get involved! Ps you could have left Bernie out.
Yeah I want Sanders for President but man I love this dude... can he be the VP? LOL... or the spokesperson! This man is so on it and real.
THIS! ladies and gents... is an intellectual. Not Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens or any of those other grifting con artists
I can’t get enough listening to Cornell West.
Great news and opinion source , what a genius Dr West is!
They will want to hear things that tickle thier ears.
Why does this script reader keep trying to make everything about shin color when West keeps telling him it’s not just about color of skin!
West himself said America has always been white supremacist and is now going through a neo fascist moment.
What a mesmerizing interview where two intellectual discussing about important things 🙋♂️👍
Excellent interview! Thank you!
Great interview!
My dear brother 😂😂
24:01 "Are you fortified for the long run? do you have your cemetery clothes on? are you coffin ready to live and die for something bigger than you?" Where is this quote from? anyone?
Immortal technique....rise up, young brother
West on fire, as usual! And he gave great answers when Hasan played "interrupt the guest to insist he answer a hypothetical yes/no question."