"There are hundreds of political prisoners right now in America's jails who were so taken by Malcolm [X's} spirit that they became warriors and the powers that be understood them as warriors. They knew that a lot of these other middle-class [black] leaders were not warriors; they were professionals; they were careerists. But these warriors had callings, and they have paid an incalculable and immeasurable price in those cells."

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Cornel West is an American philosopher, public intellectual, and scholar of religion and race. He has taught at major universities and written widely on democracy, justice, and social criticism. His public work spans academia, media, and civic advocacy.

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