Affirmative action Quote by Harry A. Blackmun

“It is somewhat ironic to have us so deeply disturbed over a program where race is an element of consciousness, and yet to be…

— Derrick Bell

“It's a worthy, essential aim to seek 'youth from every quarter.' Institutions and individuals have a responsibility to work against centuries of structural inequality.…

— Kirstin Valdez Quade

“The so-called education of Negro college graduates leads them to throw away opportunities which they have and to go in quest of those which…

— Carter G. Woodson

“those students who are exposed to many different experiences and beliefs learn far more than those who are not.”

— Shaunti Feldhahn

“What is different today, and especially worrisome when it comes to the creation of educated citizens, is how the protective, swaddling environment of the…

— Thomas M. Nichols

“Indeed, education is one of the institutions most deserving of disruption--and with the greatest opportunities to come of it.”

— Jeff Jarvis

“Those less motivated students kept their activities and their preferences so obscure.”

— Alaa Alghamdi

“Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. The average citizen should be content with their humble role in life.”

— Anonymous

“The mass of the educated spend their lives commenting lazily on the ideas of others. They engage their best energies in sadistic practices against…

— Elena Ferrante

“wherever a school is actually teaching boys and girls to do something that the community wants, it is seldom that that school fails to…

— Booker T. Washington

“No one with a thirst for knowledge goes to the university now. Half of the faculty has resigned, the other half gives courses in…

— Douglas Adams

“Sometimes, the way around prejudice is education.”

— Liza Mundy