I heard Dr Cornel West speak tonight and I shook his hand-ask me anything

libnnc

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Sat Apr-23-05 12:51 AM
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I heard Dr Cornel West speak tonight and I shook his hand-ask me anything

Earlier this evening. At UNCG. Over capacity crowd (1000+).

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Droopy

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Sat Apr-23-05 12:54 AM
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1. I'm probably going to sound like a bonehead, but

Who is Dr. Cornel West?

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mark414

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Sat Apr-23-05 01:01 AM
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5. oh damn

http://www.pragmatism.org/library/west/

he is someone you want to be familiar with

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libnnc

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Sat Apr-23-05 01:05 AM
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7. Oh, sweetie...better late than never

www.cornelwest.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West

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BelleCarolinaPeridot

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Sat Apr-23-05 12:55 AM
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2. Are you from Greensboro ?

I am :)

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libnnc

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Sat Apr-23-05 12:58 AM
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3. I live in Winston-Salem

I'm a student at UNCG

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BelleCarolinaPeridot

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Sat Apr-23-05 01:01 AM
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6. Cool ! n/t

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ugarte

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Sat Apr-23-05 12:59 AM
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4. How did he like acting in the "The Matrix"?

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libnnc

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Sat Apr-23-05 01:06 AM
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8. mmmm...

I didn't ask him that

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ugarte

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Sat Apr-23-05 01:40 AM
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10. I don't suppose he talked about Lawrence Summers

Summers is such a jerk. I imagine Dr. West is much happier at Princeton.

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libnnc

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Sat Apr-23-05 01:43 AM
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11. he only briefly mentioned it

as an aside..I hoped he would talk more about it. I saw him discuss it on BookTV last week.

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grasswire

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Sat Apr-23-05 01:21 AM
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9. lucky you

People I know keep running into him in hotel lobbies and so on....and they're always very excited about the encounter.

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