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2. Not sure he

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 08:42 PM

Dec 2017

…..understands what Ta-Nehisi is saying about Malcolm and Obama. West portrays Coates' ideas in a way I don't recognize at all, after reading the Eight Years in Power text.

Hope they do get together and straighten it all out.

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From The Root: Cornel West Wants A Sit-Down With Ta-Nehisi Coates [View all] ancianita Dec 2017 OP

I really don't see West as an ally. comradebillyboy Dec 2017 #1

Not sure he zentrum Dec 2017 #2

They might be talking past each other and prioritizing some values differently. ancianita Dec 2017 #3