A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.
Cornel WestI think, Tom Friedman is right, and I think that we have to - we have to have a serious public dialogue to try to shift public policy in that regard.
Cornel WestSome people don't want to be morally consistent. They just want to be tied to their one issue.
Cornel WestWhen you think of 244 years of slavery and 81 years of that finally you are going to be allowed to be part of the pool from which people choose jobs. That's not a substantive kind of move, but it was very important.
Cornel WestThe blues arenโt pessimistic. Weโre prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark.
Cornel WestWe have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property, it doesn't leave a whole lot of time for non-market values and non-market activity so that love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it.
Cornel West