To Be Popular or Smart Quotes

“We must demand excellence of ourselves and agitate and advocate justice from the larger society.”
― Jawanza Kunjufu, To Be Popular or Smart: The Black Peer Group

“The phenomenon of peer pressure and its impact on academic achievement has reached catastrophic proportions. It has now reached a point that to do well academically in school is to act white and risk being called a nerd or a brainiac. For males, the peer pressure is so great, you may be called a sissy.”
― Jawanza Kunjufu, To Be Popular or Smart: The Black Peer Group