Last night on MSNBC Newark NJ Mayor Cory Booker spoke about "Racial Deliciousness" ... a quote is below in the body. Does anyone know (other than writing to MSNBC) if this video is available? It doesn't show up on Youtube, and I searched this blog, google etc. with no results for the video, just the text. I want to get the video to show in my class on diversity.
I think it is just a brilliant phrase and the video is perfect for what I'd like to show students.
Thanks.
I reject the idea of a post-racial America. I want to luxuriate in the racial deliciousness of our country: the Italian-Americans, the Irish-Americans, the Mexican-Americans. I mean, that’s what makes America great. We are a nation that celebrates racial diversity. We’re not Norway. We’re not South Korea. We are the United States of America. The story of America is bringing such differences together to manifest a united set of ideals, not a united culture, not a united language, not a united religion, but a united set of ideals. That was what made America dramatic when it was founded, the first country of its kind in humanity. So I reject that [the idea of a post-racial America]. I want to celebrate all of America: its richness, its diversity, its deliciousness.