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Cornel West Reveals Where He Plans to Get Arrested Next
Oct 23, 2011, 17:09
WEST CHESTER, Penna. - Cornel West is on a roll. The silver-tongued, fuzzy-headed, musty-looking Princetonian has been arrested twice in the last seven days. What's more, according to a communication he sent to this website yesterday, he hasn't taken his last ride in a paddy wagon yet.
Dr. West, 58, emailed a list of his "projected interactions with local law enforcement personnel" to the editorial office of Postcards from the Pug Bus. In his usual rococo style, he described what he hopes are his next incarcerations. First, however, a little backstory.
On Sunday October 16, Dr. West was collared in Washington, D.C., for demonstrating on the steps of the Supreme Court during an Occupy D. C. rally. He had given a speech in Freedom Plaza earlier that day, then he joined a spontaneous demonstration, which took its case to the Supreme Court. He spent the night in jail before being released.
Five days later Dr. West was led off again, this time for protesting outside the NYPD's 28th Precinct in Harlem. He had gathered there with thirty other protestors to call attention to the NYPD's stop-and-frisk-policy, which targets Hispanics and blacks unfairly, says Dr. West. He and other protestors were arrested and taken into custody for being too close to the police station. They were released, but charges are still pending.
In his email to this website, Dr. West listed five places where he plans to protest and to get arrested in the near future. In his own words those locations are:
Starbucks
"It might be known for its dark, earthy roasts; but Brother Starbucks ought to be known for its hiring and promoting of dark, earthy brothers and sisters."
Game 5 of the World Series
"A state that calls so many third strikes on persons convicted of murder is not a field of dreams, you dig?"
NBA Negotiations
"I'm down with what Brother-man Gumble preached. David Stern and the NBA owners do think of the league as their plantation, and they do treat the players like their boys. We ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more."
*The Next Republican Debate
"It's time my Republican brothers got to hear a real black man speak. Herman Cain's about as black as Will Smith, and don't let's talk about that white-chocolate thunder in the White House."
Hooters
"Man, and I mean man in the Biblical sense, does not live by protest alone, you feel me? Until my soul gets rocked in the bosom of Abraham, fine earthly bosoms will have to succor me—or me them."
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Ten Things You Should Flip the Bird to Before You Die 1. Religion
2. Voting
3. Seat Belts
4. Facebook
5. Paying for Music and Movies
6. The Bucket List
7. Classical Music
8. Pissing Indoors All the Time
9. Hats
10. Going to Bed Early.
Having trouble timing the waves these days? After you've leapt nimbly onto your board, does the big one slam you to the ocean floor every damn time? Chill out, surfer person. It isn't Alzheimer's. Or Lyme disease. Or AADD. You forgot to set your clock ahead in April. When the big hand's on the little hand, sing a Beach Boys song. Most of them couldn't surf either.
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The book that inspired a website is available from Cedar Tree Books. Written by someone who was actually raised by pugs, Postcards is a welcome addition to any mailbox. Sample chapters:
Strike a blow for freedom.
