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Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree Jr., who is acting as West??s spokesperson in the conflict, expressed his approval of Summers’ statement in an interview Wednesday with The Crimson...
...main point of contention: a meeting with West in which Summers is reported to have abrasively discussed such issues as the prevalence of grade inflation and West??s use of his time away from Harvard last year. Last year, West was on a medical leave of absence during which he also recorded a rap album. In addition, he is heading up an exploratory committee for prospective presidential candidate the Rev. Al Sharpton...
...optimistic note,” West was still reassuring. In response to a question adressing the decline of hip-hop, he asserted that hip-hop musicians and their art can deliver hope and empathy in a time where all of America faces fears of displacement in their own homes. West??s argument about the similarity of hip-hop to all other genres illuminated the idea that music carries with it a humanizing element which forces listeners to self-reflect...
...childlike innocence and cease the constant denial of the reality of death that African-Americans already have embedded in their conciousness? African-Americans have been so fascinated and acquainted with death in all of its forms, “physical, social, spiritual and civic,” and West??s lecture, which was originally supposed to feature his new hip-hop album Sketches of My Culture, used excerpts from the album in an attempt to answer those questions...
...were brothers and sisters, regardless of race, nationality, political affiliation, religion or any social construct. The lecture was refreshing in that it was not, by any measure, didactic. At the same time, West was not there merely to provide an entertaining song and dance for those in attendance. Although West??s demeanor was jovial, his comedy was deeply rooted in a powerful message. West urged audience members to, like the title of a song from Sketches, “Elevate your view”; to question their trains of thought...