Cornel West x Craig Ferguson

Dr. Cornel West was on Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show a few days ago to commemorate the start of Black History Month. They had an amazing conversation.

I embedded their extensive and incredibly deep conversation in three parts below. I love in part 2 when Cornel West says "we're all blues people."

Cornel West has been one of my heroes ever since I read Race Matters for an American Politics class Rex and I took our Freshmen year in college.

I never knew Craig Ferguson was this intelligent and thoughtful. He really comes off as an incredible listener and thinker in this video. He's refreshingly honest and real, but still funny. Which is great.

I've always liked Ferguson even though I never followed his show. Maybe this sort of hidden (well, "hidden" for me since I really have seen very little of his show) wisdom Ferguson shows in when talking with Dr. West is what I saw in Ferguson that I always connected to?

Also, a great moment is when Cornel West calls Lil' Wayne "a great Bluesman with all his tattoos."

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