Word: activist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...maybe the rallies and letters haven't really changed anything outside the activist circles of the class of '93. Caley M. Castelein '93 and Geary, both white males, see identity politics in the abstract. "I think people talk about it more, but I don't know anyone who's been to the rallies," Castelein says...
...medal is just one indication that Edelman's fame is not fleeting. Early in her activist career, Edelman was oft-regarded as a harbinger of woe, a voice of unnecessary despair amidst a sea of calm...
...these incidents suggest, Cornel West is one complex dude: brilliant scholar, political activist, committed Christian and soul brother down to the bone. At 40 he has become one of the most insightful and passionate analysts of America's racial dilemma to emerge in recent years, the architect of a post-civil rights philosophy of black liberation that is beginning to be heard across the country. "I think he is one of our most important critical thinkers," says James H. Cone, West's former colleague at New York's Union Theological Seminary. "He has almost singlehandedly helped us see the importance...
Like many black activists and socialists, West rails against white racism, powerful corporations and rampant consumerism. But because of his passion for moral consistency, he also insists the fight against sexism and homophobia must be on an equal footing with the battle against racial oppression. "A lot of black brothers and sisters think talking about homophobia and sexism will dilute the attack on racism," says West. "But black culture is unimaginable without James Baldwin, the poet Audre Lorde or ((civil rights activist)) Bayard Rustin, and I won't even begin to talk about black gay brothers and sisters...
...decades, their first winner is obliged to take them on tours of Air Force One. The White House chief of staff would be crazy not to take calls from David Geffen, the producer; he donated $120,000 last year. (On the other hand, jokes the actor and activist Ron Silver, "Why anyone would want to talk to Mack McLarty is beyond...