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Cornel West

HARDtalk: Cornel West

04/12/2014 GMT

BBC News - HARDtalk, Cornel West

Stephen Sackur speaks to american writer and academic, Cornel West.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Cornel West, writer, academic and fierce critic of President Obama and asks why the race debate in America has turned sour.

Around the world the election of Barack Obama to the White House was seen as a watershed moment for race relations in America. The first black man to be President was taken as the symbol of a new post-racial era; but six years on, with tensions between black communities and the police running sky high is anyone still talking about a post racial America? HARDtalk speaks to Cornel West, writer, academic and fierce critic of President Obama and asks why the race debate turned sour.

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