you see, music isn t just the harmony of sound. it s the harmony of human beings, of different races, genders, religions, identities, sexual orientations knowing we re different but rejecting division to find moments of joy and unity and harmony. and that s what music is all about. yes, the right s biggest nightmare. a celebration of everything they fear broadcast to an audience of millions. they can t stop it, but they surely will keep on trying. also tonight, the florida governor s efforts to whitewash history preceded very controversial changes by the college board to a proposed a.p. african american studies course. but was desantis behind the updates? kimberly crenshaw, one of the scholars expunged from the course joins me. i ll also talk to an executive with the college board. and we are on the eve of president biden s state of the union address, following a year of impressive victories. now he looks ahead to next year and increasingly likely re-election campaign
AS university educators, we must equip our students with the specialized technical knowledge to enact their chosen expertise. But is imparting specialized technical knowledge sufficient to fulfill our role? For our students and for us? For our communities, our society, and our planet? What if our calling is a higher one? What if a purely profit-driven model of doing business is losing sight of the individual and their need for progress and development? What if the need for humanism becomes increasingly apparent in times of crisis? What if we promote a profile of manager or entrepreneur differently? What would be our role then?
and quickly drew international adoration. but even as it was beloved in london or paris, that didn t mean that love translated to america. white people were concerned that jazz was a corruptive force that would lead to race mixing. there s this fear and this understanding that embracing the music can mean literal embracing of the people or just a sort of humanistic embracing of the people. both of which america is not interested in at the time. and the interracial ensembles that leans into jazz often performing in highly segregated venues. mostly included two kinds of people. black musicians and jewish musicians. that created a huge problem for america s white supremacists in the 1920s and 30s. cue henry ford, one of america s greatest businessman and one of our history s most notorious racists. quote, jazz is a jewish creation, automotive tycoon henry ford wrote in his