8.29.07 Quote of the Day

"The 'forgetting of race'...will not become a reality by rendering black life invisible...in a way that denies their humanity and tells them taht their 350 years of history and life in America count for nothing. Inequality breeds distrust, resentment, and contempt. To sit down together at the great table of brotherhood in peace and comfort, we must do it as equal partners, not as dominant and submissive."


Clarence Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, Chicago Tribune


Source: "And don't call me a racist!" A treasury of quotes on the past, present, and future of the color line in America. Selected and arranged by Ella Mazel