Henry Louis Gates Quotes About Study

• People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their society. They study, save, work, strive and vote. And people trapped in a culture of tenancy do not.

  Henry Louis Gates

  People, Culture, Study

  Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2012). “The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader”, p.546, Basic Books

• Es muy solitario ser un destacado intelectual negro en una institución en la que eres el único destacado intelectual negro. Ese era el modelo que se seguía a finales de los 60, cuando empezaron los estudios negros. Había uno aquí, otro allí y otro aquí, como Johnny Appleseed.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Lonely, Black, Intellectual

• I use African-American, because I teach African Studies as well as African-American Studies, so it's easy, neat and convenient. But sometimes, when you're in a barber shop, somebody'll say, "Did you see what that Negro did?" A lot of people slip in and out of different terms effortlessly, and I don't think the thought police should be on patrol.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Thinking, People, African American

  "Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The "The African Americans" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

• I got a letter from this lady of Russian and Jewish descent. She asked me if I was a racist because I didn't do any White people. I was shocked, because my mandate is to do Black studies. It would have never occurred to me if this lady hadn't written this letter. We decided we were going expand the brand and do everybody.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Laughter, White, People

  "Black Ancestry Matters on 'Finding Your Roots'". Interview with Alexandra Phanor-Faury, www.ebony.com. January 26, 2016.

• I find that people today tend to use them interchangeably. I use African-American, because I teach African Studies as well as African-American Studies, so it's easy, neat and convenient. But sometimes, when you're in a barber shop, somebody'll say, "Did you see what that Negro did?" A lot of people slip in and out of different terms effortlessly, and I don't think the thought police should be on patrol.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Thinking, People, African American

  Fuente: pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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