Before. But there is going to be some stuff im going to talk about in a little bit more depth than we talked about last class on thursday you guys are going to read the next and im going to give you a pop quiz we will take a see you guys can get a great for it. And you have a pop quiz for tbone and weasel lets start with August Wilson. August wilson was born frederik patel. In 1945 his mothers name was daisy wilson shows a cleaning lady his father was a german baker. Race matters in a specific way race is always something that were discussing what we look at these plays his father was a german baker so he is white. He is european and his mother is a black woman named daisy and she is a cleaning lady i want you to understand we are already talking about a mixed relationship and this is a part of what hes working on how he is negotiating African American exist and its a part of who and what he is as hes working its part of the mission he is undertaking he is the fourth of six children an
Lettie for organizing this event. I want to thank my agent, gail for being here, you have probably already seen one of the 10,500,000 Mike Bloomberg ads, the tagline is mike gets it done, no, gail gets a ton. So, thank you for being here. What an admission also, another great book that you have to re, my friend, Melissa Rogers who is a visiting scholar here we Work Together for 20 years. Her book, religion in public life and faith with the American Public life which has a nice double meaning is a great book to read. And i cannot resist honoring my entire doctor Mark Sheppard who came here today. I honor him because he is an awesome dr. Because he is a great sports fan, kids play sports together but he was actually the dr. To about half of the people in my part of bookings and there is enormous morning in this building that you decided to retire but also so many other friends here come i want to thank you all for coming. But, this is one of the coolest events brookings has ever had. And
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Thanks to cynically winton who helped organize came to transport from czechoslovakia but i got here told that i almost certainly owe my life to him once in a while the days of challenges to test our humanitarianism and europes effigy cup crisis is surely one such challenge but within that there is i believe a need to do something about unaccompanied child if the g. s and you are like other children to be able to safety in this country and be given the same welcome and opportunities that i had. How things have changed when the house of lords similarly amended the johnson withdrawal bill the government use its Newfound House of commons muscle last month so overturn it without any set of many tournaments this week or 2 more the moment for which was moved in the other place in the name of the noble lord lord well the government humbly disagrees with the noble lords a moment this moment in no way affects our commitment to seek an agreement with the e. U. Prime religious way she cannot deliv
At new america for this Book Discussion of the book franchise that we will learn more about but learning about the black community over the past 60 years. A fascinating book of fellow in the class of 2017 in new america for go it was in then study africanamerican studies in georgetown and then teaches about women and girls history. I do a lot of work with the program here my favorite thing about the Fellows Program you look at it and say this is something i havent thought about. And that has always been my reaction to this story. Then its relationship to the Civil Rights Movement. And to help us understand the relationship. And my other favorite thing to be supportive of the colleagues. And then when you see that kind of cross pollination. So thats why im particularly excited. But this is in the same category as the center for justice and also the fellow at new america and has also been super engaged and those complexities of the economic experience. And then to get the conversation go