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Talking About Blue Collar America
Michael Sandel, author of “The Tyranny of Merit, Can We Find the Common Good?” (Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2020) offers insightful…
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Talking About Cornell University’s Website
Cornell University’s School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS) has a Diversity and Inclusion Council which publishes the following statement on…
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Talking About Woke Racism
I recently read “Woke Racism”, an excellent new book by John McWhorter, Columbia University professor and New York Times opinion…
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This Is Who We Are
On January 6 an insurrectionist mob stormed the Capitol building in Washington, DC. They paraded Confederate flags; one wore a…
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Talking About Diversity, Equity, and Belonging
Recently I attended a webinar titled “Foundations of Diversity, Equity, and Belonging”. It was presented by the Dean of Students…
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Five Minute History Lesson
In 1994 at Cornell University I created and endowed an annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace…
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Talking About Common Ground
I recently attended the Martin Luther King Day virtual celebration hosted by Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground at Boston…
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Dr. Homer L. Meade II Memorial Service (August 28, 2021)
In September 1965 I moved into University Halls, Room 5208, at Cornell University. The first day I met Skip Meade,…
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Talking About the 2022 Midterm Elections
The Wall Street Journal wrote recently of declining voter support for Democrats in Congress, based on a poll conducted jointly…
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Equality or Equity?
Last fall I attended a Diversity and Social Equity virtual training program sponsored by a major university. The presentation featured…
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Talking About Values
My life has spanned a unique historical period in America, and I have an unusual range of experiences. My youth…