Apr 7, 2017

Dr. Cornel West on the Unpopular James Baldwin

/ / /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....

The New Corporation

  The New Corporation ​is a 2020 documentary directed by Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan, law professor at the University of British Columb...