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Ajamu Barak Rhetorical Analysis

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In Why is Cornel West Playing a Human Shield for the Democrats – Once Again?, Ajamu Baraka, a human-rights activist, discusses the endorsement Cornel West, a prominent African-American activist and self-proclaimed progressive, gave to Democratic Presidential Candidate, Bernie Sanders. Baraka claims when one analyzes Sanders, an alleged democratic progressive, he/she will see he is essentially a mainstream Democrat. Cornel West’s endorsement of this individual, rather than building independent black power, is “…sheep-dogging” for the Democratic party as it only builds socialist support for its mainstream agenda. Ajamu Baraka introduces Cornel West by noting his history of supporting mainstream Democrats. After he is introduced, Baraka refutes
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