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Episode 13: The life and thoughts of Dr Cornel West | UNAPOLOGETIC
“That’s part of an empire that has grown rich and grown powerful but refuses to grow up” - Cornel West.
In an impassioned and lengthy conversation, Dr Cornel West unapologetically shares moments from his life that shaped him and his ideas and inspired his decision to run as a US presidential candidate.
He reflects on his upbringing in the West household, the influence that his parents had on him, how his grandmother was left to bleed to death on the stairs of a whites-only hospital at the age of 31 and how his uncle was lynched.
Dr West also speaks about the influence that Malcolm X and Dr…
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