The protests evoke memories of the sixties which I spent teaching at Cal Berkeley. 800 students were jailed in a single day and were bailed out by faculty members. Many of those students matured as a result and some became important teachers and political leaders. Every campus crisis is a learning moment. Every human crisis is a learning moment.
Our culture and institutions have traditionally failed at providing a calming touch at moments like this. And we are even less able to do so currently. There are truly very few good solutions to the crises we face, but many of our leaders seem particularly ill-suited to this moment.
The protests evoke memories of the sixties which I spent teaching at Cal Berkeley. 800 students were jailed in a single day and were bailed out by faculty members. Many of those students matured as a result and some became important teachers and political leaders. Every campus crisis is a learning moment. Every human crisis is a learning moment.
Our culture and institutions have traditionally failed at providing a calming touch at moments like this. And we are even less able to do so currently. There are truly very few good solutions to the crises we face, but many of our leaders seem particularly ill-suited to this moment.
Terrific piece, clear thinking, there was a recent play at The Public theater in NYC called The Ally which explored these issues in depth.
Rex Smith nails it, again.