Only by doing what we have to do, we can do what we want

Jerel 2022-03-25 09:01:11

Racial segregation and racial discrimination can be abolished from the law, but it is difficult to erase them from the hearts of ordinary people - this is a cruel reality, and it is very unfair. What would you do?

In this world, there are indeed many things that we cannot change, such as the lack of equality, the family of origin that may not be rich or good. But there is one thing we can do, and that is unremitting efforts!

For this film, it is not the power of words, but the result of struggle - never slackening, never giving up is the only way to change your own environment and your own destiny.

Only by doing what we have to do can we do what we want to do, and in order to do what we want to do, education is the only way out.

- Who is your opponent?

- The opponent does not exist.

- Who do we compare to?

——We only compare ourselves with ourselves, compare our own yesterday with our own today, and compare our own today with our own tomorrow, and strive to achieve and discover our every step forward and every effort.

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  • Melvin B. Tolson: Take the meanest, most restless nigger. Strip him of his clothes in front of the remaining male niggers, female niggers, and nigger infants, tar and feather him, tie each leg to a horse facing an opposite direction, set him on fire, and beat both horses until they tear him apart in front of male, female and nigger infants. Bullwhip and beat the remaining nigger males within an inch of their life. Do not kill them but put the fear of God in them, for they can be useful for future breeding. Anybody know who Willie Lynch was? Anybody? Raise your hand. No one? He was a vicious slave owner in the West Indies. The slave-masters in the colony of Virginia were having trouble controlling their slaves, so they sent for Mr. Lynch to teach them his methods. The word "lynching" came from his last name. His methods were very simple, but they were diabolical. Keep the slave physically strong but psychologically weak and dependent on the slave master. Keep the body, take the mind.

  • Henry Lowe: School's the only place you can read all day. Except prison.