Which is why we are event a couple of thank you before we get started. The black History Month committee and the life of student affairs, the dean, and as always the staff and make these event possible. Thank you. [applause] so let me introduce our wonderful speakers this evening. Salamishah tillet is an associate professor of english and African Studies at a faculty member of the center for gender sexuality and women studies of university of pennsylvania. She has a phd in the history of american civilizations, and english, from harvard, and any mat from brown. She received a ba in english and africanamerican studies. Her most recent book, by Duke University press, examines how contemporary African American artists, writers, and intellectuals remember antebellum slavery within the postcivil rights america to challenge ongoing exclusion of africanamerican citizens for a model of racial democratic future. In 2010, she did a special issue of ethiopia. Her work has appeared in many differe
Kids, high school, college age kids and i have taken to giving them some advice maybe is a little depressing to them but i say, look, i, like you, have seen a lot of pain and a lot of bad things and i know that life is cruel and short and bad things happen to good people. So i say to these young people, look, you need to do the things youre doing, whats next . How do i get into this school . How do i get into this job . Sometimes you need to turn the telescope around and in your mind look at yourself from the end, so youre an old man or old woman, god willing, and you look back and ask yourself this question, who do i want to have been . What do i want to have been . I think the answer will be, this is what you want to have been, right . You dont want to have been somebody with a great boat or a great house or a fancy car. I think you want want to be somy who has been part of protecting the innocent, rescuing children, doing all things thaw do. Turn that around to try and guide those c
Metamorphosis on al qaeda. We have been come as a result of the arab awakening and what has gone on in the arab world, that al qaeda cutting rebirth. It can exactly at the moment that the Obama Administrations hollis he against policy against al qaeda created its greatest success, the death of bin laden. I agree with everything about the president of of afghanistan. The administration is unable to make the case to the american people, which is the reason we need 10,000 american troops in afghanistan is to continue to drone war in pakistan. That is the Vital National security interests of the United States. We do not want to see al qaeda rebuild like we saw al qaeda rebuild in ai iraq. The drones are not the answer to al qaeda, that they are surely a very good weapon to have in your hand when you deal with al qaeda. My concern is if the United States gives up that weapon in afghanistan by having no bases for operation after 2014, we will see al qaeda rebuild and regenerate as fast as we
Otherwise people think i will just get through this meeting. We are not going away. In the 70s. There was a bill on president nixons desk for childcare. People thought he might sign it. That he didnt for cultural reasons. You can just imagine. [laughter] it is similar to immigration. We are not going away. Background checks. We are not going away. Womens issues. We are not going away. Impact. L have an frankly, we would rather have a change in the law that improves the lives of people. If we have a choice between winning an election or winning a positiveng to have a impact on the lives of women. That is what a political debate is about. President kennedy said, the government has to choose in favor of these issues. I had a visit from a head of state, the president of columbia. Not the university. [laughter] i was thinking columbia pictures. He was telling me all these plans he had for the growth of his economy in this country. I said, do tell. What are you basing the success on. He said
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