Word: cornel
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
What we have instead is what Cornel R. West '74 calls a crisis of black leadership. One problem is that black leaders aren't even sure what to lead black people to. The persistent problem of racism has gone underground, surfacing in subtle ways that frustrate and humiliate blacks, but does not often threaten our lives. Segregation is self-imposed (although, to be fair, many blacks like it that way), not placed there...
...Prominence would help Muslims and would help all Harvard students to understand more about Islam. At the Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel building, built in 1994, Jews and non-Jews alike eat in its dining hall and learn from its classes and its speakers, which in the past year have included Cornel R. West '71 and Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Breyer. Buddhists, Hindus and members of the Church of Latter-Day Saints and other smaller groups should also not be forgotten...
...term that has been widely used by black intellectuals and writers, such as Harvard professor Cornel (R.) West ('74), The New York Times' Brent Staples, and Gates himself in his interviews with us," Unger's statement said...
...think Professor Mansfield's remarks weren't as disagreeable as the fact that he uttered them. How would the public response have been different if Professor Cornel West made the same statements, or Professor Michael Sandel? One could almost feel the impending disapproval as Mansfield took the podium to introduce Connerly. Do we even try to listen what...
...guests include Professor of Afro-American Studies Cornel R. West '74, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government William J. Wilson, Conrad Muhammed of the Nation of Islam, Winthrop Professor of History Stephan A. Thernstrom, Republican Bob Woodson and several Harvard students...