--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: As for me, I certainly have not suffered…" description: "\"“As for me, I certainly have not suffered like Du Bois, his black predecessors and contemporaries, or most of my immigrant predecessors or contemporari..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/daniel-g-campos-92635_mutual-understanding_as-for-me-i-certainly-have-not-suffered_1160072.jpg" --- # As for me, I certainly have not suffered like Du Bois, his… ![“As for me, I certainly have not suffered like Du Bois, his black predecessors and contemporaries, or most of my immigrant predecessors or contemporaries. Still I feel that I have not been able to convey to most of my friends, colleagues, or acquaintances this process of immigrating as I have…” quote by Daniel G. Campos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/daniel-g-campos-92635_mutual-understanding_as-for-me-i-certainly-have-not-suffered_1160072.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/daniel-g-campos-92635_mutual-understanding_as-for-me-i-certainly-have-not-suffered_1160072.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/daniel-g-campos-92635_mutual-understanding_as-for-me-i-certainly-have-not-suffered_1160072.jpg) > ““As for me, I certainly have not suffered like Du Bois, his black predecessors and contemporaries, or most of my immigrant predecessors or contemporaries. Still I feel that I have not been able to convey to most of my friends, colleagues, or acquaintances this process of immigrating as I have lived, experienced, and witnessed it. I have seen through the Veil into their world, but they have not seen into mine. And I feel that now, more than ever, we are in need of sympathy and mutual understanding.”” Daniel G. Campos ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Immigrants often feel unseen; mutual understanding and sympathy are needed to bridge cultural gaps. **In simple terms:** Immigrants feel invisible; empathy needed. Key Takeaway Foster empathy and dialogue. Themes immigration empathy sympathy culture understanding Mood compassionate determined Type Mutual understanding:1 Sympathy:1 Du Bois:0 Seen Feel:0 Contemporaries Feel:0 Contemporaries Immigrant:0 When to use this quote - community workshops - policy advocacy - personal storytelling Key Concepts sociology psychology human rights Questions to Reflect On - How can you actively listen? - What actions show solidarity? A Different Perspective Sympathy alone may not change systemic barriers. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Du Bois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/du-bois/) [Mutual understanding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mutual-understanding/) [Sympathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/) ## Related quotes > [“There is nothing but what is true and what is true cannot be hidden. Allow that which is the light in you to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maha-khalid/there-is-nothing-but-what-is-true-and-what-is-true-cannot-be-hidden/) [Maha Khalid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maha-khalid/) > [“There are men who love to gaze with the mind at things that can never be seen, feel at least the throb of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/there-are-men-who-love-to-gaze-with-the-mind-at-things-that-can-never/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [When I seen you, I feel in love, when we broke up I still love'd you...But when u left, you and me still love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dub-tepper/when-i-seen-you-i-feel-in-love-when-we-broke-up-i-still-love-d-you/) DUB$TEPPER > [Love Is Like A Ghoust For Me... I Haven't Seen Or Feel it..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atika-me/love-is-like-a-ghoust-for-me-i-haven-t-seen-or-feel-it/) [Atika (Me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atika-me/) > [I'll bring you to the place,you never been where everything seems winter and autumn you see falling leaves that you never seen before,there you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cath-chatto/i-ll-bring-you-to-the-place-you-never-been-where-everything-seems/) [Cath Chatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cath-chatto/) > [“What emerged for me as purpose was the search for and cultivation of possibilities for experiencing meaningful human transactions in different languages and across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-g-campos/what-emerged-for-me-as-purpose-was-the-search-for-and-cultivation-of/) Daniel G. Campos > [“If there was one thing that South Carolina feared more than bad Negro government,” wrote Du Bois, “it was good Negro government.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/if-there-was-one-thing-that-south-carolina-feared-more-than-bad-negro/) [Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ta-nehisi-coates/) > [“During the racial confrontations of the 1960s, An American Dilemma encountered rising criticism from activists and scholars who disputed Myrdal's optimism about white liberalism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/during-the-racial-confrontations-of-the-1960s-an-american-dilemma/) [James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/) > [“The white delusion of racial superiority insulates itself against refutation. Correspondingly, on the positive epistemic side, the route to black knowledge is the self-conscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-w-mills/the-white-delusion-of-racial-superiority-insulates-itself-against/) Charles W. Mills > [Governmental intervention and personal responsibility are not mutually exclusive issues, but they do frame a 'do it ourselves' vs. 'what are you doing for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/governmental-intervention-and-personal-responsibility-are-not/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [I read a lot of W.E.B. Du Bois, who wrote 'The Souls of Black Folk.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-holland/i-read-a-lot-of-w-e-b-du-bois-who-wrote-the-souls-of-black-folk/) [Andre Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-holland/) > [“The Irish were regarded as shiftless and drunken; moreover, they were papists, and their fealty to Rome, it was said, meant they could never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/the-irish-were-regarded-as-shiftless-and-drunken-moreover-they-were/) [Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/) > [“each of the two great archrivals, Booker T. Washington and WE.B. Du Bois, invited”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-hochschild/each-of-the-two-great-archrivals-booker-t-washington-and-we-b-du-bois/) [Adam Hochschild](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-hochschild/) > [ “\[T\]he slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery. —W.E.B Du Bois, Black Reconstruction in America… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-alexander/t-he-slave-went-free-stood-a-brief-moment-in-the-sun-then-moved-back/) [Michelle Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-alexander/) > [I wanted to do a show about a family that is absolutely black. Because as Du Bois has shown, we do have to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenya-barris/i-wanted-to-do-a-show-about-a-family-that-is-absolutely-black-because/) [Kenya Barris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenya-barris/) ## More by Daniel G. Campos > [“What emerged for me as purpose was the search for and cultivation of possibilities for experiencing meaningful human transactions in different languages and across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-g-campos/what-emerged-for-me-as-purpose-was-the-search-for-and-cultivation-of/) Daniel G. Campos Explore all 2 Daniel G. Campos quotes ## More Mutual understanding quotes > [“How could we explain that standing on a stage and speaking someone else's words as if they are your own is less an act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-rio/how-could-we-explain-that-standing-on-a-stage-and-speaking-someone/) [M.L. Rio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-rio/) > [“We'll either come to a mutual understanding of one another, or he's going to kill me and chop me up into tiny pieces and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-hoover/we-ll-either-come-to-a-mutual-understanding-of-one-another-or-he-s/) [Colleen Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colleen-hoover/) > [ I can hardly believe what these 12 caricatures \[about Prophet Muhammad\] have caused in the world. We Danes feel like we have been placed… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anders-fogh-rasmussen/i-can-hardly-believe-what-these-12-caricatures-about-prophet-muhammad/) [Anders Fogh Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anders-fogh-rasmussen/) > [Gaia's main problems are not industrialization, ozone depletion, overpopulation, or resource depletion. Gaia's main problem is the lack of mutual understanding and mutual agreement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/gaia-s-main-problems-are-not-industrialization-ozone-depletion/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [A relationship takes TWO people. Not one person being faithful and another acting single... And That's How Relations END Mostly ..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-relationship-takes-two-people-not-one-person-being-faithful-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [My bank sends me a text message with my balance every morning. Our mutual understanding is so cool that they don't even add LOL…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-bhat/my-bank-sends-me-a-text-message-with-my-balance-every-morning-our/) [Mohammed Bhat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-bhat/) > [Culture is a window reflecting the history, culture and spiritual world of a nation, .. Cultural exchange is a bridge to enhance the mutual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-jintao/culture-is-a-window-reflecting-the-history-culture-and-spiritual/) [Hu Jintao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-jintao/) > [“When only one party makes a profit that's robbery when all parties make profit that's business.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-kalantri/when-only-one-party-makes-a-profit-that-s-robbery-when-all-parties/) [Amit Kalantri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-kalantri/) > [I feel strong in my belief, based on my widely traveled collaborations, that a one-to-one contact through art contains potent peaceful powers, and is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-feel-strong-in-my-belief-based-on-my-widely-traveled-collaborations/) [Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/) > [I hold to my conviction that, once this path of mutual understanding and consideration has been taken, more will come of it in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/i-hold-to-my-conviction-that-once-this-path-of-mutual-understanding/) [Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/) > [“In the U.S., “Instead of feeling guilty for having too much fun, one is inclined to feel ashamed of if one does not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alemayehu-mekonnen/in-the-u-s-instead-of-feeling-guilty-for-having-too-much-fun-one-is/) [Alemayehu Mekonnen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alemayehu-mekonnen/) > [“communication relies on words having shared meanings. Arriving at that mutual understanding is what semantics is all about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/communication-relies-on-words-having-shared-meanings-arriving-at-that/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Convergence of our views on global trade issues under the WTO and our common resolve to combat terrorism provide a valuable base for mutual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdul-kalam/convergence-of-our-views-on-global-trade-issues-under-the-wto-and-our/) [Abdul Kalam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdul-kalam/) > [“Understanding” may become “misunderstanding”, if no commitment or no responsibilities are assumed, no specific objectives set, no definite expectations met and common values and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/understanding-may-become-misunderstanding-if-no-commitment-or-no/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [Mutual understandings are just like having boyfriends and girlfriends, the difference is both of you have no commitments and you can easily escape if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/mutual-understandings-are-just-like-having-boyfriends-and-girlfriends/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Browse all 103 Mutual understanding quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mutual-understanding/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As for me, I certainly have not suffered like Du Bois, his black predecessors and contemporaries, or most of my immigrant predecessors or contemporaries. Still I feel that I have not been able to convey to most of my friends, colleagues, or acquaintances this process of immigrating as I have lived, experienced, and witnessed it. I have seen through the Veil into their world, but they have not seen into mine. And I feel that now, more than ever, we are in need of sympathy and mutual understanding.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel G. Campos" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-g-campos/as-for-me-i-certainly-have-not-suffered-like-du-bois-his-black/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Mutual understanding" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-g-campos/as-for-me-i-certainly-have-not-suffered-like-du-bois-his-black/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/daniel-g-campos-92635_mutual-understanding_as-for-me-i-certainly-have-not-suffered_1160072.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/daniel-g-campos-92635_mutual-understanding_as-for-me-i-certainly-have-not-suffered_1160072.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/daniel-g-campos-92635_mutual-understanding_as-for-me-i-certainly-have-not-suffered_1160072.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As for me, I certainly have not suffered like Du Bois, his black predecessors and contemporaries, or most of…” — Daniel G. Campos", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Daniel G. Campos", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-g-campos/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“As for me, I certainly have...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-g-campos/as-for-me-i-certainly-have-not-suffered-like-du-bois-his-black/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-g-campos/as-for-me-i-certainly-have-not-suffered-like-du-bois-his-black/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```