“In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.”
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Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.
The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people.
As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.
You have to surround yourself with people who love you and want the best for you.