Generations fathers, sons, moms daughters, grandparents even can have a conversation about a thing that is going in pop culture and hollywood and just generally kind of knows what were talking about. You could ask most people, i think in the casino here at this hotel that were at today, you know, who is the father of Luke Skywalker . And a lot of people will know. And i basically had this premise in the book that thats actually very special you know, thats a very special thing any culture to have a shared story of any kind. And thats what book is about. So how does that fix the. Well, it fixes the world. One person at a time by reminding us of star wars core virtues of humility, empathy, redemption, free will and courage. And if we try to actually take these movies seriously as suggestions on how we should probably live, then we will actually be able to go out into the world and do great things. I was actually doing yoga this morning and the yoga instructor, because were at a political
Generations fathers, sons, moms daughters, grandparents even can have a conversation about a thing that is going in pop culture and hollywood and just generally kind of knows what were talking about. You could ask most people, i think in the casino here at this hotel that were at today, you know, who is the father of Luke Skywalker . And a lot of people will know. And i basically had this premise in the book that thats actually very special you know, thats a very special thing any culture to have a shared story of any kind. And thats what book is about. So how does that fix the. Well, it fixes the world. One person at a time by reminding us of star wars core virtues of humility, empathy, redemption, free will and courage. And if we try to actually take these movies seriously as suggestions on how we should probably live, then we will actually be able to go out into the world and do great things. I was actually doing yoga this morning and the yoga instructor, because were at a political
Welcome again to the 16 National Black writers conference. My name is erica boddington and as youve heard on the ceo and founder of langston, a consulting curriculum firm specializes in culturally affirming instruction materials and writing for late night segment called how do we get here on the amber ruffin show . Speaking of how we got, were all here for roundtable entitled the souls of black folk telling our stories. Todays roundtable title is taken from w. E. B. Duboiss landmark book, the souls black folk. And in this regard, todays speakers will discuss how their work to the complex experiences of black people. The African Diaspora through fiction, drama and essay each featured here today will illustrate the ways in which his or her work speak to the complex experiences of black people in literature and i know were at the 16th National Black writers conference, but the speakers youre about to listen to are not living by the pen. Youll witnessing the unraveling of whitewashed histo
My name is erica boddington and as youve heard on the ceo and founder of langston, a consulting curriculum firm specializes in culturally affirming instruction materials and writing for late night segment called how do we get here on the amber ruffin show . Speaking of how we got, were all here for roundtable entitled the souls of black folk telling our stories. Todays roundtable title is taken from w. E. B. Duboiss landmark book, the souls black folk. And in this regard, todays speakers will discuss how their work to the complex experiences of black people. The African Diaspora through fiction, drama and essay each featured here today will illustrate the ways in which his or her work speak to the complex experiences of black people in literature and i know were at the 16th National Black writers conference, but the speakers youre about to listen to are not living by the pen. Youll witnessing the unraveling of whitewashed history through the eyes of historians like dolan valdez, whose
Fiction, drama and essay each featured here today will illustrate the ways in which his or her work speak to the complex experiences of black people in literature and i know were at the 16th National Black writers conference, but the speakers youre about to listen to are not living by the pen. Youll witnessing the unraveling of whitewashed history through the eyes of historians like dolan valdez, whose work plants its palms into american soil and pulls out narratives that are imagined and true all at once. Youll be looking at executive producers like jelani cobb, whose influence ranges from marvels luke cage, the newly released lincolns dilemma. Youll be listening to sci and fantasy tv comic book connoisseur like marlon james, whose works will be splashing our screens in the coming years. And well and that will be no surprise to any of us. Youll hear voices all too familiar because youve heard them times before, like kahlil gibran, whose words have graced many documents and Media Outle