Cornel West: Courage is Contagious

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/12/Marables_Malcolm_X_A_Life_of_Reinvention

Author Cornel West discusses how to ignite a movement toward change by echoing the spirit of courage embraced by activists like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. "The crisis in this empire is going to come," says West. "Will it take the form of the righteous indignation tied to love and justice? Or will it take the form of raw rage tied to revenge and bigotry?"

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Join Cornel West, Leith Mullings, Stanley Aronowitz, and Gary Younge as they discuss Manning Marable's new biography, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, and the many questions about Malcolm X's life and assassination that it raises. Manning Marable, who died days before his book was released, was professor of public affairs, political science, history and African-American studies and the founding director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies and the Center for the Study of Contemporary Black History at Columbia University. He is recognized as one of the most forceful and outspoken scholars of African-American history and race relations in the United States. - CUNY

Cornel West is a philosopher, author, critic, and civil rights activist. His works include The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought, Race Matters, and The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Century.

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[Ethiopiabuzz]

Dr. Cornel West is one of the few people who tell the truth this days !

[specialmike140]

is he basing this off anything?

[Jallandhara]

@01godkiller Hear hear.

[studiousx3]

Cornel West, an Intelligent Christian that needs to get a better publicist. We need him on mainstream news.

[malcolmbryant]

"Courage is Contagious" -- a phrase coined I believe by Julian Assange of Wikileaks. Don't mention it.

[gazz12345a]

@Ethiopiabuzz He just tells his base what they want to hear. Like every other politician.

[underyourskindvd]

very true.

[chunkybutt420]

He speaks like poetry 

[deliciousmorton]

I love Cornel West.

[txnygotw]

@DelbyC

If race does not matter, tell me one thing: when you're walking in a dark street and you see three black lads coming towards you, do you perhaps feel a hint of preferance for continuing your stroll in another direction?

And, same situation: do you feel the same way if the group accross you were korean teenagers?

OK, no need to answer. Any sane person, not racist but sane, would prefer the second situation. And that's not a flawed way of thinking, it's the healthy and correct way.

[SandCmpbll]

@miskee11 hence the more reason for him to exist and tell the truth about people like YOU.

[smulligan2]

@alvincay100 explanation?