Word: enlightenement
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These events and the goals of Kuumba seek to enlighten black students about their rich history. “It’s really about education for us, learning about the whole African diasporic experience,” Tyler says. “So it’s not particularly a Black American culture, it’s also the West Indian cultures, and the first generation African culture. It’s about us educating ourselves about the full range of the black experience...
...journalists are given the opportunity to do what they enjoy, Sennott said, news organizations will be more likely to publish articles that “enlighten and inform and entertain...
...your article you referred to "the billions of dollars spent on reconstruction projects in Afghanistan." Since you seem to have some hard information, perhaps you could enlighten us as to what this has achieved in the way of improvements to the lives of ordinary Afghans. Or is it merely rebuilding the damaged infrastructure caused by bombing sorties carried out by the U.S. military? Jonathan Wright, LONDON...
...Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann must be felicitated by mankind for their attempt to create cold fusion - to reproduce the energy of the Sun. They may have been unsuccessful and eventually faded into obscurity, but their contribution in the field of cold fusion will always enlighten researchers. It is encouraging to read that some dedicated researchers are busy in the field despite the so-called evidence, to date, that their efforts are just a beautiful idea. Mankind must pray for their success. Balram Mishra, Ghaziabad, India...
...flawed, component of contemporary feminist thought. Women should have the right to choose the manner in which they express their sexuality, regardless of the content of their choice (unless, of course, it results in foreseeable harm to others). Likewise, they should also have the right to judge which representations enlighten and which offend their sensibilities...