The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.
Interpretation
The future of the Black family will empower individuals and influence their aspirations.
Dorothy Height emphasizes the crucial role that the Black family plays in promoting liberation, self-worth, and the formulation of personal and collective goals. The Black family structure is portrayed as a fundamental source of strength and inspiration, indicating that the values nurtured within these families can lead to greater societal progress and individual fulfillment.
In practice
This quote could be used in a community meeting discussing family values
I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in some way. Sometimes the connections don't happen for years. But when they do, I marvel. As in a shimmering kaleidoscope, familiar patterns keep unfolding
Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit
We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.
My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.
We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.
I am so proud to be my mother's son.
I didn't grow up in a traditional family, and I never had a family dinner around the table, so whenever I actually had a dinner 'plan,' it meant a lot to me; it made me feel excited and safe.
Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
People see I am a mother and head of a household. Today in Chile, one-third of households are run by women. They wake up, take the children to school, go to work. To them I am hope.
I am the product of the sustained indignation of a branded grandfather, the militant protest of my grandmother, the disciplined resentment of my father and mother, and the power of the mass action of the church.
There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas / Creation's most unique and precious pearl / And heaven help us always to remember / That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
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