When the pendulum swings so erratically, People of Colour need to arm and defend themselves; armed with a self-knowledge that defends against the omnipotent demand to perpetually justify their existence.
Soviet stamp issued 1983 commemorating 1200th birthday( approx.) of Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. Wikicommons. Public domain.
‘We believe in an educational system that will give our people a knowledge of self. If a man does not have knowledge of himself and his position in society and the world, then he has little chance to relate to anything else.’
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