Serious question. I'm vaguely familiar with him as a political commentator on the left, but the more I see of the guy, the more I think he's just a liberal.

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[–] Othello@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I said something like " the only white writers anyone ever needs to read in college are marx and shakespeare".. i would add Lenin to that list. (obviously others as well like there are more subects but we were only talking about literature and political theory and should education be centered around white writers at an hbcu)

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think in terms of need that's broadly correct (I might add Goethe and Hugo, and of course the Russian greats but certainly that's it for English). If you're reading Shakespeare there's no reason not to be reading Shikibu or Achebe or a thousand other authors modern and ancient. And Dickens and Austen are way down the priority list.

[–] Othello@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

oh yeah in retrospect i would add a few more white people (mostly russians) for the literature side and engels (im sorry i always give marx credit for your work bud) and plato (just to sum up western philosophy before marx lmao). to be fair im quite clearly a Shakespeare nerd when i say you should read shakespeare i mean you should read a LOT of Shakespeare, i love that guy, he is so far above any other writer in English language its not even close!