Word: westã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...West??s speech, organized by the W.E.B. DuBois Institute of Afro-American Research and the Institute of Politics, was originally suppossed to focus on hip hop culture. However, in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, West said he thought it more appropriate to focus on America’s reaction to the attacks...
...embarrassed by the West??s history of colonialism and overcome by guilt to realize that the freedom we enjoy in Western countries is our most valuable export to non-Western ones? Should we be deterred by those who seek to dilute the strength of our worldwide efforts at expanding freedom and democracy by saying that our values conflict with “Asian values” or “Islamic values”? The slaughtered demonstrators of Tiananmen Square and the young Internet-surfers in Teheran belie such generalizations. Iran and China will never look like America...
...Wednesday morning, the first class I went to was Fletcher University Professor Cornel West??s Afro-American Studies 10: “Introduction to Afro-American Studies.” We began with a moment of silence. At moments like this, at funerals and memorial services, one thought quickly, yet consistently, enters my mind: What if someone laughed? The thought disturbs me, both thinking it and thinking of the consequences, so I rush it out of my mind. West wondered aloud why President Lawrence H. Summers had not canceled classes for the day. The appropriateness...
Nevertheless, West??s defiance of the fire code is silly and dangerous. While we sympathize with West??s frustration at the bureaucratic incompetence of the University, risking students’ lives by crowding them in a room where they exceed the maximum capacity by 150 people is not worth the statement he makes to the administration. West??s bravado, demonstrated by his offhand remark that he has broken the law before, is not necessary or useful to solving this logistical problem...
...result, students in West??s course crowd the floors and aisles to attend lectures...