Word: kristene
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sitting in Boylston Auditorium, listening to my heritage be defamed and lied about, my thoughts turned away from the anti-Semite at the lectern and to the young woman who had introduced him. In fact, immediately after the introduction, Martin lavished praise on Kristen M. Clarke '97, the BSA president, who, he said, had courageously invited him "in the face of enormous pressure from the forces of reaction." It is young people like Kristen, Martin said, who are the hope and future of the African-American community...
That last thought was one of the few true things Martin had to say. Young Black leaders like Kristen Clarke, who have risen to campus prominence by gaining the respect of their peers, will no doubt have an enormous impact on the future leadership of the African-American community. The Kristen Clarkes of America's campuses will soon be on the front lines, fighting against racism and other societal and historical impediments to better lives for African-Americans. This is why we should all be thinking about Kristen Clarke...
...should learn from those who came before us. It is our duty as Jews and as moral beings to care about the Black community. And if we must care about the Black community, we must care about Kristen Clarke...
...biggest question, I suppose, is whether Kristen Clarke thinks, in the face of The Bell Curve and all sorts of racism in American society, that Black students should fixate on Martin's imagined notions of Judaism and the Jewish people as enemies of Black folk...
...Kwanzaa is a celebration of survival, of life, of building and of creation," said Kristen M. Clark '97, president of the Black Students Association (BSA). "It is the only national non-heroic and non-religious ceremony [for Blacks...