Cornel West :
In situations of sparse resources along with degraded self-images and depolitcized sensibilities, one avenue for poor people is in existential rebellion and anarchic expression. The capacity to produce social chaos is the last resort of desperate people.
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Mothers
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Rebellion
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Poverty and The Poor
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