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Why is Cornel West the only black face recognizable to US TV audiences with the integrity to speak against Israeli apartheid?
Bill Quigley
15 Aug 2014
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Why is Cornel West the only black face recognizable to US TV audiences with the integrity to speak against Israeli apartheid & our role in sustaining it?

While the Congressional Black Caucus was co-signing Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza, Dr. Cornel West spoke against Israeli apartheid. But where is our prosperous & powerful black political class? Where is the black church?

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