Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies.
It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children each year.
The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people.
During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities.
Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.
Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.
Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected.
We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they are.
Black people are inferior to Caucasians. Blacks constitute a totally distinct group; they overshadow the country with the germ... of evil.
In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school.
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