The talk with Lolis Ellie was open to the ODI scholars and I thought it was really informative. Lolis came to talk about his show and diversity as well as inform us as students that we have every right to pursue the thing that we are good at and want to do. It was an inspirational talk that actually had me consider new options and choices that I could make. After this dialogue, I actually took into consideration switching my major. I felt drawn to the possibility of changing from Philosophy to Criminology/Sociology because I think it relates more to me in a personal level.
Diversity wise he carried a philosophy that not many people do anymore. After we discussed the events of racial hatred that happened on campus, and what the leadership council could do to stop it, Lolis offered words of advice. It was similar to the philosophy that I heard Morgan Freeman state on the existence of Black History Month. When Freeman stated that he didn't support Black History Month, many people questioned him asking if he was a racist and if it weren't for this month how would we stop racism. His simple answer? To stop talking about it. Lolis kind of shared this similar ideology which I also agree with and thought that was an extremely great way to look at the problem of racism.
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