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I am not sure how to imbed the citation in the actual text, but the following quote: "existential angst derive[d] from the lived experience of ontological wounds and emotional scars inflicted by white supremacist beliefs and images permeating U.S. society and culture" under the section Views on Race in America is from West's book Race Matters and can be found on page 27. The book was originally published in 1993 but my edition was published in 2001. Can someone help my by adding this citation after the quote? Thanks. Bmstephany 18:26, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Personal Life

Would it make sense to add anything about Dr. West's personal life to this page? He has a wife, Elleni, and a son, Clifton Louis West. Bmstephany 18:23, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

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I have removed the following because it is controversial and uncited. — goethean ॐ 16:55, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

He explains that "the accumulated effect of the black wounds and scars suffered in a white-dominated society is a deep-seated anger, a boiling sense of rage, and a passionate pessimism regarding America's will to justice." "It goes without saying," he adds, "that a profound hatred of African people . . . sits at the center of American civilization."^{[citation needed]}