Word: enlightenedness
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Whatever one concludes about responsibility, this incident will end as too many child killings have ended in recent years--with mournful speeches and eulogies and civic burial mounds made up of heart-shaped balloons, poems, and stuffed animals staring blankly into space. At least that is how it will end...
No, the real problem with this year's Cultural Rhythms emcee was that he didn't have enough melanin in his skin. He was white. Its okay to discriminate against or make disparaging remarks about his race because he already has "power" in society--the same goes for all "European...
"It's unfortunate that students at Harvard would take such an enlightened position on something which they have very little control, but not on a stance which they have very strong control," says David B. Orr '01.
Although such exploration does interest him, Morris is quick to point out that he doesn't see himself as more enlightened than Fred, or any of the people (he calls them characters) he interviews. "I don't think I'm any less self-deceived than the next guy," he chuckles...
What draws us close are accidents--catastrophes to which we attempt to assign blame or affix explanations but which we know intuitively to be inexplicable. In the past year, a teacher and 12 schoolchildren were shot down by schoolchildren in Colorado; 12 people died building a bonfire in Texas; six...