Cornel West Quotes

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Cornel West

Profession : Educator

Birth : June 2, 1953

Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse.

Cornel West

I am excited to have a black president because white supremacy is real and it needs to be shattered.

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We will not allow this day of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial to go without somebody going to jail.

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We had a much deeper sense of community in '67 than we do in '97. This is important to say that not in a nostalgic way because it's not as if '67 was a time when things were so good.

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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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If they think they have issues with the president not doing enough for the poor now, wait and see what happens if the opposition takes office. Then they would really need a poverty tour.

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And when I talk about love, I'm talking about something that's great, though, brother. I'm talking about something that will sustain you.

Cornel West

We need to put strong Democratic pressure on President Obama in the name of poor and working people.

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