Cornel West — "My dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men. As a young br…"

My dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men. As a young brother who grows up in a white context, brilliant African father, he's always had to fear being a white man with black skin. All he has known culturally is white. He has a certain rootlessness, a deracination.
Cornel West — Cornel West Contemporary · Philosopher, public intellectual

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Quotes and Sayings on Medium, attributed to him regarding Barack Obama.

Date: Approx. 2012-2016 (during Obama's presidency or immediate aftermath), cited in 2023 article.

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