Summary
MY SOON-TO-BE sister-in-law handed me a large brown envelope on Sunday night. Was it a bomb? Had my joke about the herring and the orthodontist been that bad?
I ripped it open and to my delight found a paperback edition of Cornel West's Democracy Matters. A hip-hop musician in Birmingham had introduced me to the works of America's foremost black political theorist about 18 months ago, and since then I've been encouraging any human being within 21 inches of me to listen to his lectures online.See the full content of this document
Extract
Listening to Cornel Is Like Exfoliation for the Mind
It's not that I agree with every opinion he holds, but in an age when sound-bites and sophistry trump argument and engage...
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