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Taking a STAND: Aretha vs. Beyonce

Check out this clip from my new film,, in which my boys Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson debate who is a better singer, Aretha or Beyoncé.
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PBS talk show host, PRI radio host, NYT bestselling author

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Stand, my first film, premieres this Sunday, May 24 on TV One at 9 p.m. ET/ PT (8 p.m. CT.)

In the summer of 2008, ten of my closest boys and I went on a one week journey throughout Memphis, TN. On a bus full of scholars, what do you think it is that we discussed? President Obama? Religion and philosophy? Nope.

Watch the film clip below of my boys, Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, debate who is a better singer of all generations between... guess who?

Aretha Franklin and Beyoncé Knowles.

Use the comments section below to et me know who you think. And don't forget to watch STAND, Sunday on TV One.

To see my earlier post on this film, click here.

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