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In reply to the discussion: Re: Cornel West [View all]proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)17. I've admired Cornell West for years
As for your book club, have you read Diane Ravitch's The Death and Life of the Great American School System?
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You missed his rant on his seats for the Inauguration? Epic fail for him. nt
msanthrope
Sep 2012
#23
Cornell West? CORNEL. Pet peeve of mine, and no thread on him fails to deliver. nt
msanthrope
Sep 2012
#22
calling the President a “black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet
Whisp
Sep 2012
#18
If I had said that very same thing, I would have rightly been called a racist.
Ikonoklast
Sep 2012
#32
We seem to have very few thinkers in our society, but Dr. West is one of them.
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#27