TV and radio host Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West, a professor at Princeton, talk about the inclusiveness and variety of concerns voiced by the Occupy protests. West notes that his observations at Occupy Wall Street, Boston and L.A. reflect a unified message denouncing corporate greed and calling for social justice and accountability, especially for “the 1 percent who own 40 percent of the wealth.” Smiley adds that the poor “are being treated as if they’re disposable, as if they’re an afterthought,” and that’s the worst thing you can do to an individual.

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