#africa

First we have to recognize that the cause of poverty is both structural and behavioral. And the first thing about the behavior part is that we need a moral revolution within the African American community. Look - no white racist makes you get pregnant when you are a black teenager. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#african #african american #american #behavior #behavioral

For as long as I can remember, I have been passionately intrigued by 'Africa,' by the word itself, by its flora and fauna, its topographical diversity and grandeur; but above all else, by the sheer variety of the colors of its people, from tan and sepia to jet and ebony. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#africa #been #colors #diversity #else

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic,' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor,' it's crucial to say that. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#against #america #anti-semitic #based #best

When you go to Africa, and you see children, they're usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they'd love to go to school. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#barefoot #children #dirty #go #love

I have a daughter and two grand-daughters and a great grandson in Africa, in Cape Town. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#cape #daughter #grandson #great #i

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#africa #america #asia #ask #britain

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#africa #also #beautiful #could #dreams

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#combine #continent #deserts #dream #efforts

There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#africa #been #conquer #fortunate #many

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#always #first #i #myself #patriot