On Being Young in America
Intergenerational Conversations on What It Means To Be Human, How We Want to Live, and Whom We Will Be to Each Other in Post-Election America
November 18, 2024 in Gaston Hall
The wisdom of certain stages of life Krista Tippett 64 Jason Reynolds 40 Kessley Janvier 21
"Anti-racism is this muscle that has to be developed. And its simply the muscle that says that humans are human. That's it. Its the one that says I love you because you are you. That's all. And if we can figure out how to do that, and it feels so simple.
This is why racism has been the greatest hoax ever played on humans. Its the greatest hoax ever. Because that element of I love you because you are you should be the most human thing. We know it should be a natural thing. To say look: I love you because you remind me more of myself."
Jason Reynolds
"Older and wiser is not necessarily so. Sometimes it is just older. It takes genuine spiritual effort to be wiser." Krista Tippett
"Should be attack the law or should we attack social convenience." Jason Reynolds
"The cooing of a child is the resonant frequency of all of humanity." Jason Reynolds
"Power of human imagination. It is the first thing to go. How do you keep imagination stoked? Live a curious life." Jason Reynolds
"We do get to old to be childish, but we're never too old to child-like." Jason Reynolds
"You can have boundaries and achievements." Kessley Janvier
"We can cry tomorrow, we got work to do today." Jason Reynolds
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