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The most important assets we have are our bodies and our energy which can be put to good use as resources in political activism for poor and working people.

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Cornel West
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 2
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Wealth inequality has increased.
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American mainstream is obsessed with black creative genius - be it music, walk, style - but at the same time puts a low priority on the black social misery which is the very context out of which that creativity flows.
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