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Zadie Smith | Commencement Speech 2014 | The New School

Internationally renowned novelist Zadie Smith, author of White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, and NW, called on graduates at The New School's (www.newschool.edu) 78th Commencement ceremony to reach beyond themselves to seek meaning in connections with others. In a speech entitled "Many Hands," Smith urged graduates to find purpose and pleasure in collectively approaching the global challenges that will define their generation. "I speak in favor of recognizing our place within the many, not only as a slogan - much less as a personal sacrifice - but rather as a potential source of joy in your life," she said. "The climate. The economy. The sick relationship between the individual prestige of the First World and the anonymity of the Third. These are things only many hands can fix, working together."
Location: Madison Square Garden, May 23, 2014.

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  • @thenewschool
    @thenewschool10 жыл бұрын

    "Generations are defined by the projects they take on together.” - #NewSchoolGrad speaker Zadie Smith

  • @fretfun
    @fretfun10 жыл бұрын

    This is the best graduation speech I have ever heard!!!!! Makes everything crystal clear!!! Thanks for posting.

  • @peterhinton6164
    @peterhinton61649 жыл бұрын

    the faces of the professors behind zadie - give this wonderful speech - a wonderful added unintended but apt irony....

  • @anthonydc50
    @anthonydc5010 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed that. Thanks Zadie Smith and the New School!

  • @jasonhowell1282
    @jasonhowell128210 жыл бұрын

    A good adjunct to this speech: Zadie Smith on Reading and Becoming Human

  • @jamesc6067
    @jamesc60678 жыл бұрын

    also great speech, esp re not believing you need community/society until you do

  • @jamesc6067
    @jamesc60678 жыл бұрын

    The chancellor (?) is so expressive

  • @conniewalker-carter5835
    @conniewalker-carter583510 жыл бұрын

    GREAT!