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/Our prophetic brother, Dr. Cornel West, reminds us of Baldwin’s unpopularity, and his nagging truth-telling habit that alienated him, in later years, from the white liberal media professional who first popularized his work, as well as from the radical black nationalists. But for Brother West, this outsider truth-teller “was really a kind of saint, if you define a saint as a sinner who looks at the world through the lens of the heart.”
“He was heartbroken.” Cornel says, “America broke his heart, day in and day out.”
...and America continues to break our hearts....
Poet's Nook: "I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies" by June Jordan
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