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...Cornel West Routiedge...
...November 19th of 1993, a brilliant and controversial presence passed quietly through Harvard square. As part of the Harvard Bookstore Lecture Series, philosopher, preacher and scholar Cornel West '74 spoke about his most recent book, Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America, at the Cambridge Public Library. West, currently a professor of religion and Afro-American Studies at Princeton University, will be joining the Afro-American Studies department here in the fall of 1994. He is known both for his academic accomplishments and for his activity as a community leader...
...Cornel West writes fairly extensively about the misrepresentation of Africa and the problems of racism in New World, or Western, culture. Taken at face value, some of his discussions seem to border on a declaration of "us against them." West is quick to clarify that such an interpretation of his work misleading. A large part of his mission in Keeping Faith is to establish African-Americans as permanent fixtures in, and significant contributors to, Western society. Though is philosophy calls for Blacks in America to reach a full understanding of their separate heritage, his messages is not separatist. Using...
...Cornel West realizes his ideals through hi writings and his actions. He embodies informed and intelligent action. He believes wholeheartedly in the strength of individuals and in the potential of the community. He supports pride for and understanding of Individual heritages, but opposes the ignorant dismissal of the heritages of others. West's philosophy centers around the idea of balance. Success can only come when the scales of western society are able to support the weights of varying cultures without tipping one way or the other. As West himself admits, Keeping Faith "ain't easy...
Readers sometimes complain about all the bad news in The Crimson. Of course, we do report good news when it happens (earlier this year, for example, we endorsed and wrote much about the expected move of prominent scholar Cornel West '74 from Princeton to Harvard's Afro-American Studies Department...