- Collection:
- Asa G. Hilliard, III Papers, Audio-Visual Materials Series
- Title:
- Cornel West at NABSE, November 18, 1994
- Date of Original:
- 1994-11-18
- Subject:
- Education--Curricula
African American scholars
Ethnology
Pan-Africanism
Philosophy and religion - Location:
- United States, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, 34.05223, -118.24368
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- On November 18, 1994, academic, activist, and philosopher Cornel West addressed the National Alliance of Black School Educators at a conference in the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Dr. West's speech, captured in this video recording, focuses on the experience of African Americans in America, a culture that, according to West, is steeped in the "pernicious and vicious" influence of white supremacy. West argues that 1994 is one of the "more frightening and terrifying moments" in the history of the United States, and he laments the election of Newt Gingrich as well as the leadership positions of such figures as Strom Thurmond and Orrin Hatch. He urges the audience to adopt an approach to democratizing American politics by not only resisting white supremacy but also male supremacy, heterosexual supremacy, and any other attitude that dehumanizes other people. West also deplores the decline of "non-market values" such as kindness, community, and love, contending that "market culture" leads to "market morality," in which every part of human life is commodified.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.092:0035
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Extent:
- 01:24:36
- Original Collection:
- Asa G. Hilliard, III Papers
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:092 - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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