Word: sleepers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Throughout his talk, Sleeper urged the audience to examine the motives behind activism. He warned the audience of the evils of "moral posturing"--the pursuit of morality in activism without really grasping why the issue is moral...
...example of this, Sleeper criticized certain radical activists who exaggerated problems about race in the aftermath of recent burnings of black churches in the South...
...Sleeper said since college he has made a commitment to understanding racism. His most recent book, Liberal Racism, tries to explain how fixating on race subverts the functioning of American society...
...response to comments about the current trend of activism on campus concerning sweatshop labor and a living wage, Sleeper warned against opinions not founded on firm beliefs--expressed for sake of expression...
...Sleeper said Marxist thought helped explain the school shootings in Littleton, Colo.--implying corporate America's marketing of violence as acceptable lay behind the tragedy...