"When will we address the fact that rich, white people think they know what's in the best interest of children of African-Americans and Latinos - no matter what the parent's income or education level."

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Source : "Lewis Points Finger At ‘Rich White People’ For School Problems". chicago.cbslocal.com. June 19, 2013.

Karen Lewis

#Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes #White Quotes

“Very few persons, comparatively, know how to Desire with sufficient intensity. They do not know what it is to feel and manifest that intense, eager, longing, craving, insistent, demanding, ravenous Desire which is akin to the persistent, insistent, ardent, overwhelming desire of the drowning man for a breath of air; of the shipwrecked or desert-lost man for a drink of water; of the famished man for bread and meat.”
“I wouldn't kidnap a man for sex - I'm not saying I couldn't use someone to oil the mower.”
“An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?”
“I don't really know how to do casual clothes”
“I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to be violent. We will use that violence to rid ourselves of oppression if necessary. We will be free, by any means necessary.”

Source : "Flames of Cambridge Stoked by Decades of Division". "All Things Considered" with Jacki Lyden, www.npr.org. July 29, 2007.
“Wisdom is essential in a president, the appearance of wisdom will do in a candidate.”
“With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.”
“It's never been easy. But I've always wanted to play hockey. I love hockey. I'd rather play hockey than do anything else. If you have that kind of desire, I think you can achieve what you want to achieve.”

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