2 June

Born in 1899 – Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director.

Above: Still from Reiniger’s 1926 film, The Adventures of Prince Achmed.

Also, born in 1953, American philosopher, academic and theologian, Cornel West.

West, when asked for his advice to youth given “the prevalence of racism, discrimination, and xenophobia” under the Trump administration:

Oh, I wouldn’t be obsessed with Trump. Don’t fetishize him, don’t give him magical powers. He’s gonna come and go. The crucial thing for you, my dear sister, at 16 years old, is you’ve got a whole life to live. You commit yourself to a vocation of striving for spiritual and moral excellence in the life that you have, so you enact an integrity and honesty and decency and courage that puts a smile on your grandmama’s face.