“We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community.”
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It's important to debunk the myths of Africa being this benighted continent civilized only when white people arrived. In fact, Africans had been creators of culture for thousands of years before. These were very intelligent, subtle and sophisticated people, with organized societies and great art.
Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic, ' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor, ' it's crucial to say that.
Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.
Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.