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This Eye-Opening Commencement Speech by Toni Morrison Is Unwaveringly Honest
Jessica Marren — May 23, 2013 — Keynote Trends
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During this eye-opening commencement speech Toni Morrison is straightforward and honest as she addresses the graduating class. She starts by saying that contrary to popular belief the future is not yours for the taking and it is not whatever you make of it because it is also what other people make of it and how other people will participate in it. Toni is not even convinced that the future exists.
On of the most notable and motivating things she says is that people can continue to rely on the separation of powers, free speech, religious tolerance or unchallengeable civil liberties as a matter of course.
Toni Morrison elegantly delivers viable information throughout this eye-opening commencement speech but it is what she says about the past that truly resinates. She reminds us that the past is already in debt to the mismanaged present. The past is not done and it is not over, it is still in process.
On of the most notable and motivating things she says is that people can continue to rely on the separation of powers, free speech, religious tolerance or unchallengeable civil liberties as a matter of course.
Toni Morrison elegantly delivers viable information throughout this eye-opening commencement speech but it is what she says about the past that truly resinates. She reminds us that the past is already in debt to the mismanaged present. The past is not done and it is not over, it is still in process.
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