Give a man a fish and one has fed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish and one has fed him for a lifetime. Right?
A free education is the best way to offer reparations for no less than 300 years of oppression inflicted upon descendants of African-Americans.
People want to prove themselves in an arena where everyone is equal and encouraged to be the best that they can be.
Opportunity is something offered to the best of the best, so nothing short of our best efforts will do, and rightly so.
The ability to read and write opens up our lives to a whole new universe of possibilities that can only be achieved through a concerted effort to educate everyone regardless of ethnicity.
Three hundred years of oppression can never be paid back or made right by any stretch of the imagination, but we can start by promising a level playing field for those affected.
Education cannot be underestimated or underappreciated, or even belittled, by anyone who regards wit and wisdom as something that we all share and praise beyond words.
Michael Boom, Lisbon
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