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James Baldwin and William F. Buckley debate whether "The American Dream is at the Expense of the American Negro." Mixed with slowed songs from Aphex Twin's "Syro."
On YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFeoS41xe7w
The first 23 minutes contain arguments on both sides by Cambridge students.
23m45s: James Baldwin speaks.
48m14s: William F Buckley speaks.
More on the debate here:
Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/04/when-james-baldwin-met-bill-buckley/255787/
Open Culture:
http://www.openculture.com/2012/07/james_baldwin_bests_william_f_buckley_in_1965_debate_at_cambridge_university.html
James Baldwin and William F. Buckley debate whether "The American Dream is at the Expense of the American Negro." Mixed with slowed songs from Aphex Twin's "Syro."
On YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFeoS41xe7w
The first 23 minutes contain arguments on both sides by Cambridge students.
23m45s: James Baldwin speaks.
48m14s: William F Buckley speaks.
More on the debate here:
Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/04/when-james-baldwin-met-bill-buckley/255787/
Open Culture:
http://www.openculture.com/2012/07/james_baldwin_bests_william_f_buckley_in_1965_debate_at_cambridge_university.html