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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

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