TO MY 3 AND BONUSES, YOU HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN, YOU HAVE OVERCOME, YOU HAVE PERSERVERED, YOU HAVE LOOKED AT LACK, OPPRESSION AND POVERTY IN THE FACE AND AS MUCH AS I TRIED AND WANTED YOU TO SEE, ONLY YOU CAN LOOK DEEP WITHIN YOUR SOULS AND SEE THE POWER WITHIN YOU TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD, CHANGE THE WORLD AND BE THE CHANGE WE NEED AND WANT.
YOUR MINDS ARE STRONG BECAUSE OF WHERE YOUR DAD AND I CHOSE TO KEEP YOU, LEAVE YOU AND SHOW YU THAT YOU ZIP CODE DICTATES WHO YOU CAN AND CAN’T BE BECUASE YOU HAVE PROVENT THAT WHAT IS IN YOU ALL IS JUST THAT, GOD GIVEN AND MAN CREATED ALL OF THESE DOUBTS WITHIN, OBSTACLES AND ROADBLOCKS BECAUSE THEY KNOW US BETTER THAN US.
ALLOW THIS SONG TO MINISTER TO YOU AND SUM UP MY WHO, HOW AND WHEN……
YOUR ANCESTORS DID TAKE WHAT THEY TOOK, DO WHAT THEY DID AND GET US TO THIS POINT FOR YOU TO FEEL HELPLESS, HOPELESS AND DEFEATED.
″ African-Americans themselves in certain parts join with Euro-Americans, to keep out of school, teachers who may be bold enough to teach the truth as it is. They usually say the races here are getting along amicably now, and we do not want these peaceful relationships disturbed by teaching of new political thought. What they mean to say with respect to the peaceful relation of the races, then, is that the African-Americans have been terrorized to the extent that they are afraid even to discuss political matters publicly.” Carter G. Woodson
“In the schools of business administration Negroes are trained exclusively in the psychology and economics of Wall Street and are, therefore, made to despise the opportunities to run ice wagons, push banana carts, and sell peanuts among their own people. Foreigners, who have not studied economics but have studied Negroes, take up this business and grow rich.” Carter G. Woodson
“The lack of confidence of the African-American in himself and in his possibilities is what has kept him down. His mis-education has been a perfect success in this respect.” Carter G. Woodson
“As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.” Carter G. Woodson
“If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.” Carter G. Woodson
“The African-Americans will not advance far if they continue to waste their energy abusing those who misdirect and exploit them. The exploiters of the race are not so much at fault as the race itself. If African-Americans persist in permitting themselves to be handled in this fashion they will always find some one at hand to impose upon them. The matter is one which rests largely with the African-Americans themselves. The race will free itself from exploiters just as soon as it decides to do so. No one else can accomplish this task for the race. It must plan and do for itself.” Carter G. Woodson
THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, WHO TAUGHT THE GREEKS (WHITES)?????