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...West??s gospel today is of the secular sort. He preaches that democracy is “in crisis” and that “we need to be reminded of the intellectual and political resources available in the democratic tradition that we can build on in order to deal” with those threats...
Students who attended West??s talk this weekend praised his public speaking abilities...
While West said that he was “blessed” to be back, he had nothing to say about his infamous clash with University President Lawrence H. Summers which sent him back to Princeton in 2002. Summers allegedly questioned West??s commitment to teaching and scholarship in light of his recent rap-album and advisory role on Al Sharpton’s presidential exploratory committee...
...speech, which lasted just over an hour, touched upon a wide range of subjects outside West??s academic area of expertise of religion and African-American studies such as the Arab-Israeli conflict and imperialism...
...audience was especially invigorated by West??s reading of the Arab-Israeli conflict, in which he asserted that though he understood Israel’s quest for security, Israel would never be at peace by occupying and oppressing the Palestinian minority...