Toni Morrison interview

Summary:  This weeks assignment included a viewing of an interview conducted on Toni Morrison, a writer, professor and editor that discusses many issues within the African American community.  She has recently published a novel by the name of Beloved which is mentioned in the interview as well as her other work.  In the interview, Rose and Morrison discuss her life and the progression of her career.  Morrison describes how one career lead to another, eventually leading up to where she is today, unfortunately not satisfied with her current ( self-underrated) work.

Reaction:  I found that Toni Morrison was a very accomplished woman and one of the most accomplished in her field that I know of.  She is calm and collected, and is humble throughout.  She is a strong woman at heart and I believe that has helped her through a hard career path to her present success.  

Just a wierd connection I made... A few days ago my friends and I were debating about whether or not we though that school was harder for our parents or us.  After listening to the interview, and reflecting on other instances of the cultural progression on societies view of race, I believe that it is most definitely harder for our parents given the higher rate of intolerance.  

Reflection:  Although she states that she has yet to put out her best quality of work, I believe that her thoughts were very developed and noteworthy.  The fact that one person can put out such great thought and expect to recognition or credibility, but rather to aide others, makes me think.  If people could be as humble as her the world would be a much better place, thats for sure.  I think that great personal success in ones work should not be measured by the quantity of approval, but the quality of the work approved.  I would say that her humble attitude proves my previous statement because with and attitude as so, you wouldn't need to boast about your work because you would know it is of greater quality, and if not, you would be so humble to say so as she has, regardless of the mass amount of positive praise she has received.