Above our immediate desires. That is very counterintuitive. It is very countercultural. It has been since the third N Chapter of genesis, right . There was a piece of fruit, we were told not to take it, we wanted it, we took it. And thus began history. Giving is really really hard, and taking is really really fun. But, democracies only work if we manage to give just enough that everybody wants to stay in the stadium, in the arena, and keep working together. Pick your metaphor. And so, what he has modeled for us, what he has given us, is an example of someone who respectsm reality, who respects fate, as he says, i am a great respecter of fate, and who understands that as flawed and imperfect as we all are, we are given a chance to do the right thing. If we can take it, then the life of the country rises. The right life of the country he comes better, nobler, becomes more whole, and we dont have to do it all the time. Right . I am not asking for Everybody Ev to be john lewis. What we are
In this moment and in this hectic hour of putting a larger cause above immediate desire. That is counterintuitive and countercultural. And there was a piece of fruit that we were told not to take. And thus began history. Giving is hard. Taking is fun. Democracies only work, if we manage to give just enough that everyone wants to stay in the arena and keep working together. What he has modeled for us and given us is an example of Someone Lethat it respects reality and fate. And who understands that as flawed and imperfect as we are, we are given a chance to do the right thing. If we can take it, the life of the country rises and becomes better and nobler and more whole. We dont have to do it all the time. I am not asking for everybody to be john lewis. What i think we have to ask, maybe 51 of the time, cant we try to do the right thing . Wouldnt that be a good day . That is the vision of history and the philosophy unfolding. There may be some more strongly ideological peep all. I am not
The alleged misinformation put out on the site. Reporter alex, when you and i last spoke at this time yesterday, we said this tiff between the biden white House And Facebook and the Social Media companies didnt appear to be going anywhere soon, and that is certainly the case with facebook standing their ground, laying out in a lot of detail data that they say theyve been tracking in coordination with two different universities they say theyre making a lot of progress as part of their efforts to fight disinformation about covid. They pointed to data they collected showing acceptance of the vac even among facebook users in the u. S. Has grown 10 to 15 percentage points since january and putting out a blistering statement attacking the White House saying in private exchanges the Surgeon General has praised our work including our efforts to inform people about covid19. Facebook going on in that statement to say they knew what they were doing. The White House is looking for scapegoats for m
Violence and black rebellion since thehe 1960s. So elizabeth is an associate professor of history and africanamerican studies at yale university, a professor of law at Yale Law school. I am a professor african american studies at princeton, and so excited to talk about this wonderful book. How are you doing . Im great to be talking with you, keeanga. This is quite an honor and i couldnt think of a a more Fig Way to launch this book so thank you for taking the time to read and be in conversation with me. Absolutely. Lets get into it. Okay, so i want to start with kind of a long question. I have a quote i want you to talk about income why you wrote this book but i want to start with Martin Luther King and his birthday as as a federal holn 1993 i think helped to submit the civil Rights Movement as part of our national narrative in ourve ongoing journey toward the more perfect union. As part of that it has ethics of the civil Rights Movement, the peaceful nonviolent groups face struggle. A
With and the lack of trust in the 90s we have trust restored because we dealt with crime in my city, new York City overall crime is down 80 , 90 2019, the overall country was down 40 in trust built up and cops could do something about crime im going to have to prove once again about the 21st century of crime and this time lets do something about race, relations also. Our time is winding down, i just wanted thank you for the opportunity to sit with you and have this discussion and again, i see over your shoulder but i have my copy, the profession. Available everywhere. Let me tell you something, this is a very, very good book. You not only talk about your career in the issues that you were confronted with, youre actually teaching a lot in this book when you going to the description of qualified immunity and some of the other things and i found that to beit very worthwhile. So anyone who is interested in leadership, they should read this book because it is written by one of the foremost