I want to get into the educational DNA of American culture. I want 10 percent of the common culture, more or less, to be black.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages.
One must learn how to be black in America.
I have a father who was the first black student at his junior high and high school and had to do a lot to get to that point.
The Jewish culture has a wonderful thing about education. It has a great thing about family; it has a great thing about unity, hard work, dedication. I would like to say the African-American community should emulate that.
Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.
We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation.
The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences. They are hugely important in the affirmation of differences between groups and social classes and in the reproduction of those differences.
I'm black and Cuban, Australian and Irish, and like most people in America, I'm someone whose roots come from somewhere else. I'm a mixed race, first-generation American.
Black culture is something I don't relate to much at all.
I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.