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...answer to that question is decidedly split. While Morrison herself possessed all the "grace, the dignity, and the intellectual depth" that Professor of Afro-American Studies Cornel West '74 ascribed to her in his dulcet introduction, Paradise as a novel is, almost unprecedently for the Nobel Laureate, less than wholly compelling...
...Afro-Cuban flavor permeates Rubalcaba's playing, placing his virtuoso stylings in an effective and distinctive context. This world music influence is most evident on the Spanish-style waltz "La Pasionaria," but is apparent throughout the album's six tracks. Often there is a dance-like and regular feel to his solo lines, accompanied by percussive comping; other times he will simply transplant wholly Cuban figures into his improvisations...
Womack and Professor of the Philosophy of Religion and Afro-American Studies Cornel R. West '74 encouraged students to get involved in the struggle to improve working conditions on America's farms...
...Afro-American studies department tends to disregard theories which are relevant to other racial and ethnic groups in America, including immigration theory, colonialism, post-colonialism and transnational identity formation...
...race and ethnic studies charge that it is "too political," and that it serves to divide the student community and the nation at large. In response to these accusations, I ask: Is the study of political science, known here as government, "too political"? Are women's studies and Afro-American studies any more political than race and ethnic studies? Politics has always influenced academia, and as an agent of constructive change, it should continue...