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Actor Joseph Phillips Discusses Why “Race Matters” Actor, writer, and social commentator Joseph Phillips spoke to students, supporters, and community members on race and political correctness at the Reagan Ranch Center. The address, entitled “Race Matters,” was part of the 2011 Wendy P. McCaw Reagan Ranch Roundtable series. Phillips—a popular Foundation speaker who also starred on The Cosby Show, among other television programs— began his speech by discussing his relationship with Young America’s Foundation. “I love coming up to the Reagan Ranch Center. It’s not only a beautiful drive, but they Actor and author Joseph Phillips headlines the monthly Reagan Ranch Roundtable luncheon at the Reagan Ranch Center. treat me so well here,” Phillips said. “It gives me an opportunity to talk about some ideas that I’ve been chewing on lately.” One of those ideas was “racially specific” graduation ceremonies being held at University of California campuses. “I found it wonderfully and comically ironic—this idea that a university is going to celebrate diversity by having a segregated and racially specific graduation ceremony,” Phillips noted. “It’s not only ironic; it makes me angry.” Phillips also discussed how conservatives can better reach out to minorities, arguing that we will not bring more people into the Conservative Movement by simply ignoring race. “The more we put it off, the more we refuse to talk about it, the less opportunity we Joseph Phillips signed copies have to reach [the black community],” Phillips said. “And the less opportunity we have to of his book, He Talk Like a White really influence policy in this country...” Boy, following his luncheon address.
Liberty Fund and Sagamore Institute Gather at the Reagan Ranch Center Young America’s Foundation welcomed members of the Liberty Fund and Sagamore Institute to the Reagan Ranch Center for their colloquium titled “President Ronald Reagan’s Developing Perspective on Liberty.” Through a series of sessions held in the Reagan Ranch Center classrooms, they examined President Reagan’s actions throughout his career in the context of individual liberty and responsibility. Young America’s Foundation was honored to host the participants who also toured Rancho del Cielo to gain a better understanding of our country’s 40th President.
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Members of the Liberty Fund and Sagamore Institute enjoy an afternoon at Rancho del Cielo as part of their program titled “President Ronald Reagan’s Developing Perspective on Liberty.”