Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Coverage of Cornel West and Ta-Nehisi Coates



I've been tracking the coverage of a variety of writers, including Ta-Nehisi Coates, for some time now. Recently, Cornel West leveled a critique of Coates, and interestingly, West's assessments generated considerable responses. West's critiques of Coates in fact go back much further. Nonetheless, here's a roundup of a recent dust up concerning Coates's We Were Eight Years in Power (2017):

• November 29: Cornel West Doesn’t Want to Be a Neoliberal Darling - Audie Cornish - New York Times
• December 5: Here Is What's Wrong With West Hating on Coates - Charles Mudede - The Stranger
• December 05: Did Cornel West come for Ta-Nehisi Coates - Michael Harriot - The Root
• December 17: Ta-Nehisi Coates is the neoliberal face of the black freedom struggle - Cornel West - The Guardian
• December 17: Jelani Cobb brings receipts - Twitter Moments
• December 17: West Comes For Coates, Black Twitter Spots The Jig - Hip Hop Wired
• December 17: "...black women...have also all critiqued @tanehisicoates..." Waleed Shahid - Twitter
• December 17: "I dream of black freedom and resistance that isn’t unduly occupied..." Eve Ewing - Twitter
• December 18: Cornel West Hates on Ta-Nehisi Coates. Again. - Charles Mudede - The Stranger
• December 18: West's Sharp Critique of Coates has Internet Choosing Sides - Tanasla Kenney - Atlanta Black Star
• December 18: West Gets Real About His Beef With Coates and Barack Obama - Angela Helm - The Root
• December 18: "...ta-nehisi is required to be an advocate for all other struggles..." - Jamelle Bouie - Twitter
• December 18: West Seems to Believe Coates Is Writing From the Sidelines - Damon Young - Very Smart Brothas
• December 18: Cornel West throws intellectual shade at Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Grio
• December 19: Why Coates Keeps Talking About White Supremacy - Michael Harriot - The Root
• December 19: Ta-Nehisi Coates Deletes Twitter Account Following Dispute With Cornel West - AP - Time
• December 19: Coates Deletes Twitter Account Amid Feud With West - Jennifer Schuessler - New York Times
• December 19: The Issue With Cornel West Criticizing Ta-Nehisi Coates - Dwayne Wong - HuffPost
• December 19: "I’m so angry. Some of y’all forget that we writers are human..." - Nikole Hannah-Jones - Twitter
• December 19: "...thread Ta-Nehisi Coates tweeted in response to attack by West..." - Michael Eric Dyson - Twitter
• December 19: "I’m tired of Black thinkers committing discursive drive-bys..." - Brittney Cooper - Twitter
• December 20: "West either did NOT read the work. Or he did not read it charitably..." - Lester Spence - Twitter
• December 20: "Coates is being dragged by progressive critics as 'neoliberal'..." - Crystal Marie Fleming - Twitter
• December 20: West, Coates, post-Obama black public intellectual - C. Emba & K. Attiah - Washington Post
• December 20: Cornel West’s Reckless Criticism of Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ismail Muhammad - Slate
• December 20: West failed to “ether” Coates in the most pointless feud ever - D. Watikins - Salon
• December 20: Cornel West’s attacks on Ta-Nehisi Coates, explained - German Lopez - Vox
• December 20: "OMG this **literally** the most hilarious and enjoyable..." - Melissa Harris-Perry - Twitter
• December 20: Coates quits Twitter after public row with West - Jamiles Lartey - The Guardian
• December 20: Neither West nor Coates is giving us his best - Brando Simeo Starkey - The Undefeated
• December 20: "I take one day off Twitter..." - W. Kamau Bell - Twitter
• December 21: Not Coates’s Fault White Liberals Anointed Him Their Prophet - David Marcus - The Federalist
• December 21: Forget Coates vs. West--Confront U.S. Empire - Naomi Klein, Opal Tometi - The Intercept
• December 21: Coates vs. West: Feud has its roots in long tradition of black intellectuals - Peniel Joseph - CNN
• December 21: West attacks Coates and Black Twitter weighs in - Black Enterprise
• December 21: West-Coates beef is an episode of 'Housewives' - George M. Johnson - The Grio
• December 21: West attacks Coates and black twitter weighs in - Selena Hill - Black Enterprise
• December 22: Coates, West, and the debate over America’s soul - Jane Coaston - Vox
• December 22: Past debates echo in split between West and Coates - John Eligon - New York Times
• December 22: Black academics, activists give their verdict - Rogers, Cullors, Anderson, Patel - The Guardian
• December 22: How Cornel West 'All Lives Mattered’ Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Work - Detrick Manning - Blavity
• December 22: Coates and West in Jackson - Robin D. G. Kelley - Boston Review
• December 23: Cornel West: A lone man arguing with himself - Tre Johnson - The Grio
• December 25: Cornel West: Neoliberalism has failed us - Hope Reese - JSTOR Daily
• December 26: Trial of Black Nationalism in debate between Coates and West - James Livingston - Politics Letters
• December 26: Coates vs. West Hardly Qualifies as Debate - Jason L. Riley - Wall Street Journal
• December 28: Cornel West Has a Jewish Problem - Yishai Schwartz - Haaretz
• January 1: Dr. Cornel West: The Biggest Crab in the Barrel - Nikki Johnson Huston - HuffPost
• January 5: A prophet is rarely welcome in his own village - Wilmer J. Leonard III - Pittsburgh Courier
• January 17: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Cornel West’s One-Sided War - Swati Sharma - The Atlantic

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