Geoffrey Canada Quotes & Sayings
39 most famous Geoffrey Canada quotes and sayings (activist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“People don't believe or understand that a community can lose hope. You can have a whole community where hopelessness is the norm, where folks don't have faith that things will get better because history and circumstances have proven over 30, 40, or 50 years that things don't get better.”
“You grow up in America and you're told from day one, 'This is the land of opportunity.' That everybody has an equal chance to make it in this country. And then you look at places like Harlem, and you say, 'That is absolutely a lie.'”
“Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure.”
“Convincing people to give your way a try will work if you neutralize - and sometimes you have to cauterize - the ones who really are against change. They're the kind of person who, if you tell them it's raining outside, they'll fight you tooth and nail.”
“How is it we could have a system where schools could remain lousy for 50 years and yet you do exactly the same thing this year that they did 50 years ago when it didn't work then, and no one feels any pressure to change?”
“Good dental care doesn't make you a good student, but if your tooth hurts, it's hard to be a good student.”
“One of the things that sells music is when the artist is looked at as someone who's come up from the streets. Not just any streets, but the toughest, meanest streets of the urban ghetto. And that's called 'street credibility.'”
“Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male.”
“Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science.”
“An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education.”
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