“I felt hopeful for the future because Obama is here. But nothing has changed. It's time for young kids to get serious again and really think about what their four fathers were like. As African-Americans, we are resilient, we are some bad mf-ers, and we are survivors. So get those i-pods out of their ears and become heroes again like the Freedom Riders.” ThinkingKidsYoungFatherFeltFourChangedSeriousHeroEarsAfrican AmericanHopefulSurvivorRidersResilientThings Have Changed Author:Lee Daniels
“There clearly is a serious race problem in the country. Just take a look at what's happening to African American communities. For example wealth, wealth in African American communities is almost zero. The history is striking.” LooksCountryProblemCommunityWealthRaceExampleSeriousHappeningsAfrican AmericanZeroAlmost Zero Author:Noam Chomsky
“We recriminalized black life. Incarceration rates since the 1908s have gone through the roof, overwhelmingly black males, women and Hispanics to some extent. Essentially re-doing what happened under Reconstruction. That's the history of African Americans - so how can any one say there's no problem. Sure, racism is serious, but it's worse than that.” ProblemBlackGoneHappenedSeriousRacismMalesRateAfrican AmericanRoofNo ProblemReconstructionIncarcerationBlack LivesBlack Males Author:Noam Chomsky
“Until African-Americans and Hispanics can get serious, not just about area studies, which are important, but also about science and technology, they're not going to generate that wealth and that job within those communities. And that has absolutely devastating consequences for the places where people live, for the jobs and for the wealth.” PeopleImportantJobsCommunityWealthTechnologyStudySeriousConsequenceAreasAfrican AmericanScience And Technology Author:Juan Enriquez