His work has appeared in the New York Times, salon and many other publications. He is the Elizabeth Morris Political Science at Windsor College in oregon in portland, tonight he presents his new book the fire is upon us, James Baldwin, William Buckley junior and the debate over race in america. Please join me in welcoming nicholas buccola. [applause] thank you. Really appreciate that introduction. I want to start by saying how special it is to me to be with you. I live 3 blocks from here for 5 years when i was in graduate school and i would come to romans every wednesday with my mom kathy who is sitting here and my late cousin kathy martin and we would go to lemley and see a movie and it is special for me to be here tonight. Tonight i am going to talk to you about something that happened in this space, february 18, 1865. February 18, 1965, 54 years ago. This space was filled with 700 people. Every spot on the benches was taken that people sitting on the floor in deep violation of the f
Thank you. I appreciate the introduction. I just want to start by saying how special it is for me to be here in this space with all of you. I lived in pasadena about three blocks from here when i was in graduate school and i would come every wednesday with my mom, kathy was sitting right here and my cousin catherine. We would go see a movie and then come out and hang out here. Its special for me to be here with you tonight. Tonight i am going to talk with you about something that happened in this space february 18, 1965. Can you hear me in the back of . This space was filled with over 700 people. Every spot on the bench was taken. There were people sitting on the floor. It was in deep violation of the fire code. There were 500 more who wanted to get into this space but they couldnt because it was packed. They went to other rooms on the premise. This is the worlds oldest debating society. This student that wanted to get into the space but it was so full that they could not. Why were the
So i do think theres a conflict there, but i dont think hes like giving up the idea of a claim to some sort of absolute. I just dont know what it is. What about that quotation which each of us gave a version of it, didnt we . In my version, he says the white communitys entitled to prevail politically because for the time being, anyway, the leaders of American Civilization are white. So he isnt saying theyre destined to be the leaders because of their whiteness. Hes saying at the moment they just happen to be. Thats right. In the version i have he says not that the leaders are white but that the white race is for the time being the advanced race which is a slightly different statement to make, actually. Thats right. You know, and for the time being and that gets into this whole thing im talking about. Again, i think its kind of a fantasy that segregation could be used as a way of imposing superiors for a way for the negro to evolve or come up out of this backwardness. You know, i just i
So i do think theres a conflict there, but i dont think hes like giving up the idea of a claim to some sort of absolute. I just dont know what it is. What about that quotation which each of us gave a version of it, didnt we . In my version, he says the white communitys entitled to prevail politically because for the time being, anyway, the leaders of American Civilization are white. So he isnt saying theyre destined to be the leaders because of their whiteness. Hes saying at the moment they just happen to be. Thats right. In the version i have he says not that the leaders are white but that the white race is for the time being the advanced race which is a slightly different statement to make, actually. Thats right. You know, and for the time being and that gets into this whole thing im talking about. Again, i think its kind of a fantasy that segregation could be used as a way of imposing superiors for a way for the negro to evolve or come up out of this backwardness. You know, i just i
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