{"id":59,"date":"2009-04-10T05:32:31","date_gmt":"2009-04-10T09:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/?p=59"},"modified":"2009-04-14T13:51:33","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T17:51:33","slug":"coffee-conversation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/2009\/04\/10\/coffee-conversation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee & Conversation: April 10, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can We Afford to Fix the World? Can We Afford Not To?<\/h1>\n

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I\u2019m away from the office today, so Raul Fernandez, from the Howard Thurman Center is going to handle the C&C this afternoon – Ra\u00fal<\/em> show \u2018em what you got:<\/em><\/p>\n

I have this week the unenviable task of filling in for Dean Elmore as the moderator of Coffee of Conversation. Well, as the great philosopher Eminem once said, \u201cyou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow,\u201d so here it goes\u2026<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s face it: the United States of America is a nation drowning in debt. Our credit card is maxed and our collectors have us on speed dial. And if we had enough nerve to pick up the phone, we might be surprised by the voice on the other end \u2013 our own.<\/p>\n

After all, can a nation profess to be the model of equality while disparities based on race and class persist in its educational system, while some citizens are denied the right to be their true selves in its military, and while pay seems to be based as much on ones gender as ones job performance?<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t even get me started on the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, much of which looks like Katrina hit it last week!<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s question isn\u2019t whether we can financially support efforts to bring democracy, liberty and equality to the world, but rather, do we have the moral currency to make it happen? I say we discuss it over coffee & cookies this Friday, from 3 \u2013 5 PM.<\/p>\n

Ra\u00fal<\/p>\n

Enjoy.\u00a0 I\u2019ll see you next week.\u00a0 Peace and Go Terriers!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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