quote from alice walker. we belong to the same world, a world where grief is not only acknowledged, but shared, where we see injustice and colored by its name, where we see suffering and know the one who stands in steve's is also a learned. but not nearly so much as someone who stands and sees and says and does nothing. [applause] ruby dee's acting career spanned more than 50 years and is included theater, radio, television and theaters. onstage, and ms. dee was the first black woman to play roles that the american shakespeare festival. although she has appeared in over 50 films, her life is not all been just that. she has long been active in a variety of movements. she along with other davis traveled to nigeria as goodwill ambassadors and eulogized malcolm x in 1965 and later his widow, betty shabazz in 1987. with the academy of arts and science silver circles award in 1994 coming dee and davis officially became national treasures when they received the national medal of arts in 1995. in 2000, they were pres

riot alice walker the kaiser report thanks for having me you've been very vocal on the issue of copyright and on the issue of anonymous let's start with copyright do you think the act so people like cetera are the fight against fascism of our time. yeah you know i think this was always a very complex discussion you know where does creativity like start where does it stop and you know what my fear is that all those laws are being used you know today against political blogs you know it against freedom of speech you know to me that's like the direction it's heading you know so the government tries to protect my music or something with men with guns it's. you know doubts and well guns was in my next question when the r i a the recording industry association of america would justify sending goods to shakedown single mothers and ni-cad grannies they say they're doing so in order to protect artists like yourself your thoughts i often never received that type of money you know on that stuff i think they protect the powerful in that industry that's the only thing the system is set up to protect th

please join me welcome you to the green space chase, lucianne hurston, alice walker, ruby dee and sonia sanchez. [applause] [cheers and applause] good evening, everyone. so not going to scare everybody. i'm going to come off script and i'm going to say, i sit at the feet of the masters. [applause] i am lucianne hurston and i'm honored to join you here at the green space to take e3 conversation with three extraordinary women whose voices have ways to trails and created an indelible pattern in the fabric of our global tapestry. the green space at wnyc, and debbie akio exar is honoring the 75th anniversary of zora neale hurston, "their eyes were watching god." and tonight is the final installment of that series. let's begin with zora's rating. throughout this evening's conversation, you'll hear passages from sub one, selected and read by each of us. we begin with award-winning act dress, ruby dee, who takes us to the opening passages of the novel. >> yes, thank you, thank you. [applause] my goodness. this is from the introduction. ships at a distance have every man's wish on board for sund

the same issues when alice walker wrote her book.or once focus on my part of the world and talk about what is really happening? because i end the essay by saying this, i don't say come and invade me and rescue us, because we don't need to be rescued, because women are getting their arms broken fighting alongside the men, but when you come to talk to our govmts, and they say it is our culture, and mind your own business and i say, this is not made by women. don't fall victim to the cultural relativism and last time on the show, i described rick santorum as the american s salafi, and of course there is violence against women, and we talked about wava. >> earlier on the show last week we talked about a woman faced with tissue of rate in the armed services, so as i read the atrocities, they feel horrifying, but more honest than we are honest with ourselves. >> yes, a time to make the connections and say, i have to focus on the community now, but a it is beginning by poking the painle places and ah, you made us look bad, but when the ah f