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The most frustrating aspect of life at this school has been that, despite the tremendous diversity of the student body, we often fail to learn from each other. Thus, some of us are able to spend four years here and never have a serious conversation with a person of color...
On his walks, Natty encounters two cultures, white and red. Modern multiculturalists might profit by pondering the combination of tolerance and sternness with which he views them. Cooper does not demonize Indians; when whole tribes are presented as villainous, this is a plot device, not a racial judgment (the French...
Small wonder French citizens find the heated U.S. campaign rhetoric about "family values" quaintly irrelevant. While Democrats and Republicans play , their game of dare-to-care one-upmanship, the French look upon the benefits that attend citizens from cradle to grave as inalienable rights. Why has France -- and many other...
Jones also recognizes the importance of travel and exposure to different cultures as being a means of opening oneself to diverse influences. She advises everyone she talks to about her work to "love people."
Jones conveys this love of people, respect for other cultures and deep sense of her own heritage through her art as powerfully as she does in person. The pieces in the exhibition at the Schlesinger trace the development of a remarkable body of work over an equally remarkable life.