The capitalist culture of consumption... does not provide meaningful sustenance for large numbers of people.
Cornel WestA fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.
Cornel WestPart of the challenge of the Barack Obama campaign was to try to neutralize that white backlash, and of course, he was masterful in doing that.
Cornel WestI recall coming across a line by the late Charles Tilly when he said, "The conditions for the possibility of social movements have been called into question in the twenty-first century." And I said to myself, my god, a society in history without social movements, for me, is very difficult to live in.
Cornel West