Tamika Philip
This past Monday the Freshman Seminar class was blessed to be lectured by, Dr. Cain Hope Felder from the School of Divinity. Dr. Felder lectured to the Freshman Seminar classes about the practices of freedom and justice. Felder stated that, “freedom is at the center of an historic request, and it is making good or bad choices.” He also stated “we are free to be responsible.” Perhaps if America is land of the free, then why were blacks considered 3/5 of a person. This country that was based and constituted on equality yet, never showed anyone deemed beneath American social values unequal. Dr. Felder also talked about justice, and how it relates to our lives. He broke justice down into two words, “just” and “us,” meaning that subliminally justice is only for the people who created what justice represented. Slaves could never and never did get justice because they were not part of the American “us.” If you were a slave you were at the mercy of your slave owners.
The pursuit of freedom and justice has been a rallying cry of the educated in this oldest of traditions. Many African- American men lost their lives to fight for our freedom. As a young black woman I am very appreciative to be able to live a normal life because those who created a path for me.
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