Word: whoopi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...video clips include segments of Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West '74 talking about freedom, actor Whoopi Goldberg on race, Jones discussing music, poet Maya Angelou speaking about the black diaspora and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan discussing Africa. Appiah and Gates also have a clip on the encyclopedia's origins...
...forgotten, truths of her soul were brought forth by the flash of her hands and the serene voice that is only hers. One convoluted question came from the back of the theatre, read rather than spoken due to its length. After a pause and recuperation from the audience, Whoopi lucidly gave an unrehearsed answer with confidence...
...stage, she referred to herself once as Caryn, the name her mother calls her in Book. Whoopi spoke of being influenced by her mother, Emma, as well as by Anne Frank. It was their advice that became part of her spirituality and code of life. Advocating dialogue, because of the understanding it can bring, she enjoys searching for the truth and learning about the experiences of other people's lives...
...Jewish, she was asked why she converted to Judaism. She gave a bold retort and asked, "What makes you think I converted?" With a knowing smile, she said her mother was Jewish and that she is not a follower of any one religion but practices humanism. While Whoopi analyzes and attacks the Catholic Church in her writing, on stage she professed one of the rules she tries to live by: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto...
...presents one face to the general public, but in Sanders she was somewhat different. On stage in jeans, she seemed very much like "one of the people;" yet surrounded by her entourage, she seemed a part of another world. How do you know which Whoopi is real? How do you not feel a little betrayed by the fact that most of the answers she gave to the questions from the crowd at Sanders can be found in her book? You can't. Deal. It's not to say that Whoopi was fake--clearly she was not. She just knew...