As timelys. A huge professor of the studies and faculty associate at Princeton University. The author of prospects of the 3rd politics of poetics and hiphop, and we are beautiful and be up terrible for racial inequality in the United States. Its. [applause] i am going to begin by introducing my fellow panelists briefly and then we will just get right into it so. To my immediate right is senor calton roberts director of the institute for research and africanamerican studies and associate professor of history and associate professor osos your medical sciences at the school of Public Health at columbia university. He writes teachers and lecturers widely on africanAmerican History urban history, had a history of social movement. His book was published by the university of North Carolina press in 2,009s. The political economy urban geography and race between a late 19th century and the mid20th century a time which encompasses the jim crow era and the bacterial pollution to the advent of ant
AfricanAmerican History is how bad it is. So the history piece is one thing, but also even in this moment. Thats how i started off right . In this moment its all a about how we are diagnose, right . Slow death dying right . At what point do i have any agency to do anything you know, theres a distinction in the world between optimists and pessimists. Turns out that optimists get things done. Optimists succeed. It turns out that pessimists are right about the world. Right. [laughter] right right right right. And i just want to, i want to introduce a term. This is not an academic term, but its a term that i got from some of the black women that i worked with in detroit who were around 16 years old. And they said theres a difference between a struggle, the struggle and struggley with an ly, and they say a struggle is what we go through as human beings on this planet. The struggle they define as specific to the africanamerican experience in this country. And they said but struggley is when
[applause]. [applause] back to back via [applause] please join me one more round of applause for these people that have shared in theire jo the musical talent. All [applause] the ensemble by chuck and the Orange High School choir. [applause] before we close i would like to highlight an event at the nixon library. On sunday december 6 at 12 noon in the east room of the Nixon Foundation will host the sixth annual honoring hometown event where we recognize those that have given their lives in military service from california honoring the gold star families we invite you to attend and join us in honoring them. As inspired as i am by his presentations into the incredible warrior i highly recommend you purchase a copy of the book. Thank you for being here and god bless our veterans and the United States in america. [applause] next a Panel Discussion on race and politics from the 17th annual harlem book fair. Im going to begin by introducing my fellow panelist briefly and then we will just ge
calling names accompany here you have two minutes each please thank you. Good evening. Im kevin with the Harvey Milk School i am here to talk about see signatures from one hundred parents on this letter were presenting it to you tonight and excuse me. If you have a private conversation take it outside sir, you may go on. The letter requests intervention from this 80 city hall 0 address the issues that require earthquake attention those of us who have signed those letters we have students and well present those situations i want to take my time to give you a brief overview of the letters there are high turnovers the teachers from harvey milk and this is children who have failed to learn and chronic lack of substitute teachers when the substitute teachers are not there the children are dispersed to the other classrooms and declining engrossment to the tent that 70 percent of the People Living in the castro area wont list harvey milk as an option on their applications and resistance from
calling names accompany here you have two minutes each please thank you. Good evening. Im kevin with the Harvey Milk School i am here to talk about see signatures from one hundred parents on this letter were presenting it to you tonight and excuse me. If you have a private conversation take it outside sir, you may go on. The letter requests intervention from this 80 city hall 0 address the issues that require earthquake attention those of us who have signed those letters we have students and well present those situations i want to take my time to give you a brief overview of the letters there are high turnovers the teachers from harvey milk and this is children who have failed to learn and chronic lack of substitute teachers when the substitute teachers are not there the children are dispersed to the other classrooms and declining engrossment to the tent that 70 percent of the People Living in the castro area wont list harvey milk as an option on their applications and resistance from