There Is Joy in Struggle, Cornel West.

“What an honor to be here! What a privilege, what a blessing to salute the Class of 2019, Harvard Divinity School…. We know most of human history is a history of domination and oppression and exploitation and degradation. Most of human history is a history of hatred and contempt… As I look at myself, I can see the white supremacy in me. But oh, when I was at Charlottesville, looking in the eyes of those sick, neo-Nazi white brothers, gangsters, thugs, I didn’t lose sight of the gangster in me. (Posted in Systemic/Essays) READ MORE.