“For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really communicating. So convinced of this were the white Southerners that they almost made the nation believe that they, and only they, knew the mind of the Southern Negro.” PeopleMindBelieveMadeNationsWhiteCenturySouthCommunicateConvincedSouthernSoutherner Author:Benjamin E. Mays
“Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff.” ThinkingWorldPlayOpportunityNationsDifferencesSawsCenturyEnglandTablesDinner19th CenturyDiningPingPing PongDining TableTable Tennis Author:Boris Johnson