White supremacy is so deep-seated that it's hard to see it eliminated. But we could definitely push it back.
Cornel WestWe want to bear witness today that we know the relation between corporate greed and what goes on too often in the Supreme Court decisions.
Cornel WestEmpathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.
Cornel WestWe must never so thoroughly disrespect someone that they are beyond the pale and, therefore, have no possibility of being changed.
Cornel WestI just don't want the fear from the right to be used by the [Barack] Obama administration to silence critics. We have to be willing to tell the truth because we're trying to speak about conditions that are being rendered invisible in our prisons and schools in the hood and so forth and so on.
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