John Henrik Clarke Quotes
Quotes
History“The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless Islam was as guilty as all the rest.”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“White people think when you love yourself you hate them. No, when I love myself they become irrelevant to me.”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“ The slave ships brought only African people and most of us took the semblance of nationality from the places where slave ships dropped us off. ”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“ Every form of true education trains the student in self-reliance. ”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“ To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful. ”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“ Whoever is in control of the hell in your life, is your devil. ”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“ The African man is the greatest fighting machine God ever created. ”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“ Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world. ”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“ The impact of racism has changed our look at ourselves because basically racism was meant to make us look unfaithfully at ourselves, and to not treasure our institutions. ”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“ My main point here is that if you are the child of God and God is a part of you, the in your imagination God suppose to look like you. ”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“ Africa and its people are the most written about and the least understood of all of the world's people. ”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“ What I have learned is that a whole lot of people with degrees don't know a damn thing, and a lot of people with no degrees are brilliant. ”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“ Racists will always call you a racist when you identify their racism. To love yourself now is a form of racism. ”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“ We have been educated into believing someone else's concept of the deity... You have the right to practice any religion and politics in a way that best suits your ... once you do that, you don't apologize. ”
John Henrik ClarkeQuotes
History“ History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day[...]It tells them where they are but, more importantly, what they must be. ”
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