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There ought to be a robust, uninhibited conversation in black America with different black ideological perspectives.
Cornel West
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Cornel West
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 2
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Cornel Ronald West
Cornel R. West
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Hey, you got something going here. I think we've got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people.
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When you love poor people THAT MUCH, when you love 'working people' THAT MUCH, that makes you the freest man/woman in the country. - Cornel West in explaining that Obama is A fulfillment of MLK's dream not THE fulfillment of MLK's dream
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We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property.
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A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.
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