#bout

I would like to do a series about sequencing the human genome, and also analyze more human diversity among other ethnic groups - a 'Faces of America 2.' ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#also #america #among #analyze #diversity

A more humane form of capitalism is about the best I think we can get. Which might sound very reformist or conservative, but that's basically where I am. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#am #basically #best #capitalism #conservative

All of the guests on 'Faces of America' were deeply moved by what we revealed about their ancestry. We were able to trace the ancestry of Native American writer Louise Erdrich back to 438 A.D. We found that Queen Noor is descended from royalty, and that's before she married King Hussein of Jordan. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#about #america #american #american writer #ancestry

America is the greatest nation ever founded. The ideals are the greatest ever espoused in human history, and we just need the country to live up to them. But what I worry about are the 1 million black men in the prison system. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#america #black #country #ever #founded

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

I'm a tech geek. Whenever I read about something new, I think to myself, How can I take this and make it black? ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#black #geek #how #i #i think

It's no surprise that White people say things when they are together about Black people. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#black #people #people say #say #surprise

Most black leaders, whether left, right or center, from Frederick Douglas and Martin Delaney on in the middle of the 19th century have not even wondered about the merits of the capitalist system. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#about #black #capitalist #center #century

Those songs are about getting out; they're not about getting out of family. It wasn't about how family life was curtailing because I didn't know family life. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#because #family #family life #getting #how

If enough things that are untrue are said about you, no one will know what really is true. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#enough #know #really #said #things