Ta-Nehisi Coates v Cornel West: Black Academics and Activists Give Their Verdict



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FOCUS | Ta-Nehisi Coates v Cornel West: Black Academics and Activists Give Their Verdict 
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Cornel West. (photo: Andre Chung/Getty Images and David Levene/Guardian) 
Melvin Rogers, Patrisee Cullors, Carol Anderson and Shailja Patel, Guardian UK 
Excerpt: "In a blistering Guardian article last Sunday, Harvard scholar Cornel West labelled award-winning African American author Ta-Nehisi Coates the neoliberal face of the black freedom struggle. A furious debate raged all week among black academics and activists." 
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