Cornell West's Race Matters

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Cornell West in Race Matters argues that race still matters in America, which is proven through his explanation of nihilism. According to West, the main problem facing the black community is the issue of psychological depression, personal worthlessness and the social despair throughout African Americans. The affects of nihilism play out in Black America by the consequences of living life with the loss of hopelessness, worthless and loveless. The effects of living a life without these moral meanings leave black America with no forthcoming. Race does and still matters in our society because it creates corrupted race division, allows oppression to continue, and exploitation that thrives in the lives of minorities. West analyzes the issue that

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