Among the numerous privileges with which I was endowed, being white and male were two. Helpful as they were, I don’t think they were determinative in smoothing my way to worldly success. After all, many white males never get economic traction. Unlike them, I was born healthy in body and mind to highly educated, well-to-do parents who cared for me, signaled to me their high expectations, and enabled me to meet them by sending me to the finest schools.Cornel West often says that, [...]
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