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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Dr. Cornel West, Professor of Religion and African-American Studies at Princeton University, spoke to a packed crowd Foellinger Auditorium on Thursday, April 2. The event was entitled, “Has the Dream been Realized,” referring to Martin Luther King Jr’s, “I Have a Dream” speech. The Black Law Students Association and the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity along with funding from the Cultural Resources Fee as well as the Student Organization Resource Fee organized the event.

Known for his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement, West’s work focuses on race and class in American society. During the event, he discussed the way popular culture has skewed Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy saying, “Martin wanted you to be love struck rather than colorblind.” To deny someone’s color or their differences from oneself is to trivialize their struggle, he continued. The key to Martin Luther King Jr’s dream was to love people and embrace their humanity while taking into account their color and personal experiences. Read the rest of this entry »

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/us/02muslims.html

Laura Goodstein

A Gallup poll of Muslims in the United States has found that they are far more likely than people in Muslim countries to see themselves as thriving.

In fact, the only countries where Muslims are more likely to see themselves as thriving are Saudi Arabia and Germany, according to the poll.

And yet, within the United States, Muslims are the least content religious group, when compared with Jews, Mormons, Protestants and Roman Catholics.

Gallup researchers say that is because the largest segment of American Muslims are African-Americans (35 percent, including first-generation immigrants), and they generally report lower levels of income, education, employment and well-being than other Americans. Read the rest of this entry »