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This Hollywood portrayal of the Klan as noble saviors of white America was so popular that President Wilson, a native Virginian with ingrained racist views, screened The Birth of a Nation in the White House; it was the first movie ever shown there and a political nod to Southern racist supporters.
Historical racism in the White House
“Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.”
Liberate minds
America’s racist society influences him to act evilly.”
Systemic racism
“It’s impossible for a white person to believe in capitalism and not believe in racism. You can’t have capitalism without racism.” If you meet a non-racist white, he added, “usually they’re socialists.”
Capitalism/Racism Connection
As a Black American I do feel that my first responsibility is to my 22 million fellow Black Americans who suffer the same indignities because of their colour as I do. I don’t believe my own personal problem is ever solved until the problem is solved for all 22 million of us.
No man’s problems are solved until all men’s problems are solved
In every Middle-East or African country I have visited, I noticed the country is as “advanced” as its women are, or as backward as its women. By this I mean, in areas where the women have been pushed into the back-ground and kept without education, the whole area or country is just as backward, uneducated and “underdeveloped.” Where the women are encouraged to get education and play a more active role in the all-around affairs of the community and the country the entire people are more active, more enlightened and more progressive.
A nation is only as advanced as its women
“Educate a man and you educate an individual; educate a woman and you educate an entire family.”
Educate a woman = educate a family
