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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Cornel West’s One-Sided War | The Atlantic

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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Cornel West’s One-Sided War | The Atlantic



[dropcap]If[/dropcap] there’s real beef between the Harvard philosopher Cornel West and The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates, Coates says he doesn’t understand it. West is a vocal critic of Coates and his status as a public intellectual.[mc4wp_form id=”6042″]

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Cornel West, African American History, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

Coates addressed the controversy at a panel Tuesday hosted by The Atlantic, saying he remains confused why the feud started in the first place, and that he can’t seem to find a huge difference in the things West has spoken about and what Coates himself has written.