Our society is driven today by so much ethnic discord. We have Black Lives Matter, which I praise and celebrate. We have the demagogues stereotyping Muslims and resurrecting racist stereotypes they used to visit on us. The larger goal is to show that we are all the same, we all come from Africa, and we all have the same larger family tree. It's about the fundamental unity of the human community.
Henry Louis GatesSo many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history.
Henry Louis GatesThe Right insists that anyone can escape poverty by working hard but that is simply not the case.
Henry Louis Gates