“Why should not Africa give to the world its Black Rockefeller, Rothschild and Henry Ford? Now is the opportunity. Now is the chance for every Negro to make every effort toward a commercial, industrial standard that will make us comparable with the successful business men of other races.” MenWorldGivingShouldOpportunityBlackChanceEffortRaceSuccessfulStandardsSuccessful BusinessBusiness ManRothschild Book:The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans Source: The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans
“To those who feel that their values are THE values, the less controlled systems necessarily present a spectacle of "chaos," simply because such systems respond to a diversity of values. The more successfully such systems respond to diversity, the more "chaos" there will be, by definition, according to the standards of ANY specific set of values- other than diversity or freedom as values. Looked at another way, the more self-righteous observers there are, the more chaos (and "waste") will be seen.” WayFeelsSelfValuesBlackWasteDiversityStandardsChaosDefinitionsControlledRighteousObserversAnother WaySelf Righteous Author:Thomas Sowell
“Let me say this: I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that, you have to go in with a neutral mind.” MindBlackMediaStandardsLet MeExcellenceJournalism Author:Bill Cosby
“People think of black English as ungrammatical, but it bears the same relationship to standard English as contemporary Hebrew does to ancient Hebrew.” PeopleThinkingDoeBlackBearsStandardsAncientContemporaryHebrewStandard English Author:John H. McWhorter