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Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink
I won't be sharing that video with my students. Is FIRST changing the culture or is the culture changing FIRST? For the better??? I may be old school, but I found his remarks offensive.
I know people mean well, but I hope we can do better than this. Our choice of words is important.
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“Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do.”
― Johnny Carson
Will.i.am explained it perfectly: he said it the way he
felt it. Life's too short to hold back good passion.
The only real shame is that few will remember what he said at closing ceremonies where he told tens of thousands of students that their hard work, ingenuity and entrepreneurship will solve problems like poverty and inner city decay. Maybe if he felt free to speak with the same level of passion, that message would have hit home too.