“Unfortunately there was one thing that the white South feared more than Negro dishonesty, ignorance, and incompetency, and that was Negro honesty, knowledge, and efficiency.” WhiteKnowledgeOne ThingHonestyIgnoranceRacismSouthAfrican AmericanMeritBlack PeopleEfficiencyDishonestyIncompetence Book:The Negro Source: The Negro
“It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.” EducationOne ThingIgnoranceWords Of WisdomProveSmartIntelligenceIgnorantDeep Thought Book:So human Source: So human
“One of the unspoken themes that I'm grappling with in Day of Honey is the relationship between violence and cosmopolitanism. It's one thing to comprehend violence as an outgrowth of ignorance, poverty, and backwardness. It's another matter entirely to confront incredible atrocities in a country with a rich civic and intellectual life.” CountryMatterPovertyRichViolenceOne ThingIgnoranceIntellectualIncrediblesThemeHoneyCivicsAtrocitiesUnspokenGrapplingIntellectual LifeCosmopolitanism Author:Annia Ciezadlo