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White Police Officers or ex Police Officers, as well as the protests around the world, calling for systemic change in a koning for the simple symbols of White Supremacy, many of which relate to the civil war era. Had thisve already conversation, five years ago in fact. Think back to where you were in the summer of 2015. Vernon and ed now, you graciously gave us your time back then, and we spoke in the wake of a Confederate Flag being taken down in South Carolina, following the murder of nine parishioners at southern annual church in charleston at that time. Edna, i would like to start with you. One of the things he said in 2015 was you were encouraged by the change and the flight coming down, its indra. Movementi think this we are seeing at the moment, at the moment, im afraid it is not permanent. You continued as im afraid that it is the right thing to do because the shooting was so horrific but we will forget and go back to where we were, the underlying issue. I would like to start b
Here is that part of the image itself in some ways is without inherent meaning, some ways the photograph itself needs to be coded through captions, through the sort of articles next to it, through many other ideas like the readers own political persuasion. The image becomes largely meaningless until it becomes coded by the surrounding areas. In some ways, the image without a code needs a code, the context for understanding its meaning. So talks about the paradox of photography and particularly of press photography. The ways that constructed intentional meaning, the things that have opinions or political leanings, can seem natural and pregiven, thanks to the index of photography. Reminding what it means. Of course, you know, thinking back to our photograph right here. We know that there was a corpse hanging from a tree. Light reflects that body on to photographic film and we know that it was there. That idea of truth value, that factual quality of photography. In some ways makes the con
Thank you for giving us your time today. Thank you for the Economic Club for paying attention to me. If those dont know your background the 75th postmaster general the first one is behind you, Benjamin Franklin the inventor of the Postal Service. And who are native of new york went to college in florida and then went back to your familys business and bolted up North Carolina one of the larger logistics and you have been very involved in philanthropic activities at Duke University among other places and thank you for giving us your time today. So at the outset, when you agree to become postmaster general is not normally the most famous position i doubt many can name your media processors you are well known did you thank you get this much attention . If i may, when i accepted the role of the situation the Postal Service was in at that time and then to have significant financial consequences at the time. And the issues of running out of cash in september 2020 and having no help insight. B