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| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 3:47PM | | | | Not Enough | | Tags: Darfur, Mia Farrow, Bernard-Henri Lévy, China | | | There was a long line waiting to get into the Florence Gould Auditorium. It snaked past a variety of shops and restaurants and a deli. As I walked by, a handsomely dressed, dapper gentleman dashed out of the deli, pushing through the line. “Goddamn do-gooders,” he shouted. “Get out of my fuckin’ way.”
“How bizarre,” I thought, “but he’s probably right.”
And when I walked into the French Institute, I believed him to be right. Stunningly well-dressed people were taking their seats. I counted four African Americans in the sold-out auditorium.
I’ve always questioned celebrity-led activism, thinking that it’s a cultural phenomenon that needs to be replaced by intellectual activism within a... | | | | | |
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