No Attempt Must Be Made

Sometimes People Hold A Core Belief That Is Very Strong. When They Are Presented With Evidence That Works Against That Belief, The New Evidence Cannot Be Accepted. It Would Create A Feeling That Is Extremely Uncomfortable, Called Cognitive Dissonance. And Because It Is So Important To Protect The Core Belief, They Will Rationalize, Ignore And Even Deny Anything That Doesn't Fit In With The Core Belief.

For The Black Man There Is Only One Destiny. And It Is White.

If The Building Of A Bridge Does Not Enrich The Awareness Of Those Who Work On It, Then The Bridge Ought Not To Be Built.

A Man Who Has A Language Consequently Possesses The World Expressed And Implied By That Language.

When A Bachelor Of Philosophy From The Antilles Refuses To Apply For Certification As A Teacher On The Grounds Of His Color I Say That Philosophy Has Never Saved Anyone. When Someone Else Strives And Strains To Prove To Me That Black Men Are As Intelligent As White Men I Say That Intelligence Has Never Saved Anyone: And That Is True, For, If Philosophy And Intelligence Are Invoked To Proclaim The Equality Of Men, They Have Also Been Employed To Justify The Extermination Of Men.