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[quote=Anonymous]Don't like what Bill Cosby had to say?  Content to live a life of low expectations, playing the victim, blaming everyone else and letting everyone else define you instead of lifting yourself up?

How about what the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. had to say:

"A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan."

We have an establishment in DC that, by continuing to push low academic expectations of the low-SES AA community, is bent on continuing to produce soft-minded people.

Or how about this quote of his, which also speaks directly against the culture of low expectations:

"Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better."

Or, what Nelson Mandela said regarding the value of education:

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

George Washington Carver:

"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom."

“Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else… Let it drag them down. Don’t use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.” – Colin Powell

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” – Booker T. Washington

“I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I’m not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn’t know how to return the treatment.” – Malcolm X

“Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.” – Carol Moseley-Braun
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