Because I was so impressed with Cornell West's speech on Thursday, I took some time to read some of his other speeches. The following are some "gems" I discovered:
"There can be no substantive Essential Education without accenting non-market values, activities that allow us to situate ourselves, and our young people, our students, in stories bigger than us."
"We have become addicted to stimulation and titillation, shallow pleasures, and have discarded the search for depth."
" 'Gangsterization,' a movement which is mean-spirited, cold-hearted, and back-stabbing is going in our society. In our search for material success, non-market values such as concern, compassion, or unity have been forced to take a back seat."
"The 9-11 terrorist attacks in the U. S. gave white Americans a glimpse of what it means to be a black person in the U. S. --feeling 'unsafe, unprotected, subject to random violence, and hatred' for who they are."
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