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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

Topics: Black Brown Catastrophe Complex Discourse Industrial Invisible Moral Most Police Prison Public Racism Rendered Seen Surveillance Targeted

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You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it.

~Cornel West

Topics: Climate Got Just Opinion Rather Reflects Shapes Than Thermometer You

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There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one's mind that warrants freedom.

~Cornel West

Topics: About Being Boldness Enough Fearlessness Free Freedom Mind Something Speak

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I'm against genocide. I'm against fascism. I'm willing to fight against them so that, in that sense, I think one can still be committed to justice and committed to peace but recognize the circumstances under which one does have to fight.

~Cornel West

Topics: Against Circumstances Committed Does Fascism Fight Genocide Justice Peace Recognize Sense Still Them Think Which Willing I Think

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A neoliberal disaster is one who generates a mass incarceration regime, who deregulates banks and markets, who promotes chaos of regime change in Libya, supports military coups in Honduras, undermines some of the magnificent efforts in Haiti of working people, and so forth.

~Cornel West

Topics: Banks Change Chaos Coup Disaster Efforts Forth Haiti Honduras Incarceration Libya Magnificent Markets Mass Military People Regime Some Supports Who Working Working People

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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.

~Cornel West

Topics: Because Community Deeper Good Had Important Much Nostalgic Say Sense Than Things Time Way Were

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My dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men. As a young brother who grows up in a white context, brilliant African father, he's always had to fear being a white man with black skin. All he has known culturally is white. He has a certain rootlessness, a deracination.

~Cornel West

Topics: African Always Barack Barack Obama Being Black Brilliant Brother Certain Context Dear Father Fear Free Grows Had He Known Man Men Obama Skin Up White Who Young

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It's never a question of skin pigmentation. It's never a question of just culture or sexual orientation or civilization. It's what kind of human being you're going to choose to be from your mama's womb to the tomb and what kind of legacy will you leave.

~Cornel West

Topics: Being Choose Civilization Culture Going Human Human Being Just Kind Leave Legacy Mama Never Orientation Question Sexual Skin Tomb Will Womb You Your

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Part of the popularity with Louis Farrakhan has less to do with the content of his message and more to do with the form that he portrays himself - as being a free black person who speaks what is on his mind with boldness and fearlessness. Who is willing to pay the consequences.

~Cornel West

Topics: Being Black Boldness Consequences Content Fearlessness Form Free He Himself His Less Louis Message Mind More Part Pay Person Popularity Speaks Who Willing

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We want an economic team, Paul Krugman and Robert Kuttner, Joseph Steiglitz's people and others, who say, you know what? We're sophisticated economists but we're concerned about poor and working people.

~Cornel West

Topics: About Concerned Economic Economists Joseph Know Others Paul People Poor Robert Say Sophisticated Team Want Who Working Working People You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: June 2nd, 1953

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