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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Cornel West on the "shameless silence" of progressives about Obama and education reform - C-SPAN Video Library

Cornel West on the "shameless silence" of progressives about Obama and education reform - C-SPAN Video Library:


CORNEL WEST ON THE "SHAMELESS SILENCE" OF PROGRESSIVES ABOUT OBAMA AND EDUCATION REFORM

Clipped from:Tavis Smiley Presents Poverty in America
Jan 17, 2013

"PUBLIC EDUCATION IS PREDICATED ON THE NOTION YOU ARE FOCUSED ON OTHER KIDS -- YOU HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL CHILDREN....NOT ANY LONGER -- ALL THIS PRIVATIZING PROFIT OBSESSION, THIS PREOCCUPATION WITH THIS SHORT-TERM GAIN AS OPPOSED TO LONG-TERM INTEGRITY, IS BEING PUSHED TO THE SIDE."
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