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I think we must never, ever demonize one another. That's true not just black people to black people that's human being to human being.

Cornel West

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Cornel West
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 2
Actor
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Cornel Ronald West
Cornel R. West
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