He has traveled the world doing more than taking pictures, he has changed the natural scenery for the better, said Kelly. During his speech, he inspired the audience with his exceptional words and pictures to find a way to change the world. The story portrays three young people from the poorest section of Paris dealing with racism, violence and police brutality. Rachlin believes that understanding and embracing cultural diversity is as important as learning to speak a foreign language. Your sole purpose should not be fluency in another language, Rachlin said.
Cultural literacy is equally important.
Rachlin s student guide, Sue Ann H. 01 was influenced by the film and felt that the lecture opened our eyes to this hate, which many of us had not experienced before. Throughout the day, students were encouraged, inspired and challenged by a diverse and complicated range of topics, yet most felt guest speakers found ways to reach students including Pitzer College professor Albert Wachtel who spoke about Shakespeare. He mixed pop culture in and made it more understandable to high school kids, said Lauren R. 02. Student guide Connie C. '01 was deeply moved by Wakatsuki s deep insight into a story that is often mentioned yet glazed over, in standard history texts. According to Connie '01, Wakatsuki made up for these shortcomings, and urged her audience to make America even better.