Group everybody together as the same and what america forgets about is at the rugged individualism, its very difficult for us to look at the case, lets just say in minneapolis were george floyd died and Law Enforcement, the first thing we think about we think about, he was a black guy, it was a white Law Enforcement officer. That tells me everything i need to know about why this took place. What happens is when you try to make it an issue that an individual died was black and the person whos responsible for it was white, you eliminate other human beings who should also have the same moral outrage, too much of our time today is spent on this herd mentality. Everybody is an individual first and that individual is solely responsible for that action. We should not be outraged because the race of the person thats the fact that this individual died in a very gruesome and brutal way for no reason at all because what happens is that individual dies it takes away some of our humanity and who we
Mcdonnell, she argues that identity politics is challenging diverse thinking at the collegiate level, this is from 2018. This is a different experience ive been speaking on colleges campuses recently. , you know what that means, i received a walk out the storm this age strategy in southern california, the blockade that prevented anyone from actually attending my talk, socalled students of color, nearby at Pomona College announced that i was a quote fascist white supremacist trans lobe, queer folk classes and ignorant of interlocking systems of domination that produced the lethal condition of which oppressed people are forced to live. So to actually have an audience, is an unusual experience that may take me a while to get accustomed to. Now we have been hearing a lot about the crisis of free speech on College Campuses, but not much about the root cause. The narcissistic victim ologies that is rapidly spreading from academia to the rest of culture, in a word the American University is i
Congressman james clyburn, republican from South Carolina and the majority whip for the democrats in the house. Lets begin with the weight representative john lewis. As you bid farewell at the Memorial Service this week in the rotunda what was going through your t head practice share your thoughts with us. Thank you very much for having me. I was thinking of our early daysoh together when john and i first started in 1960 to help organize the student nonviolent coordinatingvi committee the city and started february of 60 and two weeks later and then to organize citizens and march 515 and so spontaneous to come together so april of that year in raleigh north carolina. And then we decided to meet again. And to organize ourselves. Thats when i met john that same evening and it was that night 10 00 oclock in the evening to 4 00 oclock the next morning. We had been in and out with each other ever since. When he was ousted as chair we got active i was in charleston South Carolina he was in ge
Only begins with trees, flowers and landscaping. Thats from a film created by the Johnson Administration with Lady Bird Johnson talking about beautification, her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaigner, successful businesswoman and savvy partner to her husband, Lyndon Baines johnson. Good evening. Tonight well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson known toe everyone as lady bird. Here too tell her story tonight are Cokie Roberts, the author of two books about womens political history, founding mothers and ladies of liberty. Thanks for being here. And we have an expert, with a number books from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, currently working on a new biography of Lady Bird Johnson. Ladies, i want to start with the beginning of where we were 50 years ago this week. Bhamp the immediate challenges in the first terrible day. They were enormous. First of all, nobody knew if there was a widespread plot. So the country was in terror for a period of time. Then
Cspan. Org coronavirus. Up next on booktv, we will show some other programs from our archives the focus on the issue of race in america. A couple of the authors you will see include cornel west and even candy but we begin with the Manhattan Institute Heather Macdonald ritchie argues that identity politics is challenging diverse thinking at the collegiate level. This is from 2018. At Claremont Mckenna and southern california, the blockade that could enter prevented anyone from attending my talk, socalled students of color at nearby Pomona College and some would say its white supremacist war hawk, queer phobia classes in ignorance of interlocking systems of domination that produce the lethal conditions under which oppressed people are forced to live. [laughter] so to actually have an audience still in his seat and willing to listen is an unusual experience. It may take me a while to get accustomed to. Now weve been hearing a lot of late about the crisis of free speech on College Campuses