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Dr. Cornel West - WILDCARD - SCHOLAR, PROFESSOR
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Dr. West Quotes"To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak. That is, it creates a vision of the world that puts into the limelight the social misery that is usually hidden or concealed by the dominant viewpoints of a society. "Intellectual" in that sense simply means those who are willing to reflect critically upon themselves as well as upon the larger society and to ascertain whether there is some possibility of amelioration and betterment.""Free-market fundamentalism trivializes the concern for public interest. It puts fear and insecurity in the hearts of anxiety-ridden workers. It also makes money-driven, poll-obsessed elected officials deferential to corporate goals of profit – often at the cost of the common good. … The free-market fundamentalism that prevails in the United States today promotes the pervasive sleepwalking of the populace. People see that the false prophets are handsomely rewarded — with money, status and access to more power. … We are experiencing the sad gangsterization of America — an unbridled grasp at power, wealth and status."Harvard now, I think, suffers from a kind of self-idolatry, that it needs to be critical of itself in order to grow. And again, if you can be in contact with the best of its past, then it’s got a chance. But if it just remains well adjusted to the status quo, generating careerist and opportunist students rather than critically oriented students who have a heart and soul, concerned about suffering here and around the world — then Harvard has a chance. I’m not giving up on Harvard, but I am making my way to New York.""Justice is what love looks like in public."LECTURE #1 - Dartmouth Lectures 2017 - W.E.B DuBois (10 Part Series is free on Youtube - Unbelievable High Quality)<![CDATA[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/qcDySbv9OyM&list=PLPDZ9rcIfxyN_w3EDiS56jrMPiVscUeqz&index=10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/qcDySbv9OyM&list=PLPDZ9rcIfxyN_w3EDiS56jrMPiVscUeqz&index=10</a>]]>
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