1. Histories of the Present
Yes, some of us are gifted in different ways and with different talents, but we should not take away from those who have worked harder and those who have earned better. ... A society concerned about getting higher numbers of blacks into elite colleges would be forced to perform at a higher level in school from elementary through high school, and blacks would eventually get the hint that it is not going to be handed to them and their performance level will eventually go up Overall there is nothing good about racial quotas. ...
DuBois stated that, "The Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world, ¾a world which yields him no true self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world. ... Where on the other hand the house negro is under constant watch by the master and like Malcolm X wanted to resist and separate from him. ... This goes hand in hand with Malcolm X's movement because Malcolm wanted blacks to take a stand towards whites. ...
The Situation of African-Americans in America In their motherland Africa, black people lived together in tribes with the families staying together in the village and leading a live according to strong morals and rites. Each tribe had developed a culture and often an own language, and the people either prayed to their own Gods or (especially in north and central Africa) followed the teachings of the Koran. But in the eyes of most Europeans, all Africans were ignorant, pagan savages who needed to be introduced to Christianity and Western civilisation. When America was discovered in 1492, Eur...