The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others.
James A. Baldwin
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- The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
- Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.
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