Goodreads helps you follow your favorite authors. Be the first to learn about new releases!
Start by following D.E. Rogers.
Showing 1-4 of 4
“So many of us get caught up into the race game that we forget that in the end we are just people trying to do better for ourselves and our families. My father use to have a saying, that in order to be great you have to do great things that change the world of people around you.”
― Crossing Color Lines
― Crossing Color Lines
“I love good writing because it brings the writer out of readers and inspires readers to learn to write great works of art for themselves.”
―
―
“Son, remember, no greater injury can be done to any person than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race, he will not advance in life regardless of his merits or efforts.”
― Crossing Color Lines
― Crossing Color Lines
“The lives of black people in America has always been filled with challenges and obstacles to overcome. Carrying tears of a broken family tree that when traced back stops at a person in a ledger listed by their first name only. Unlike any other race, the roadblocks black people have faced have been long and damaging to the mind and soul. The same way generational wealth creates access and elitism, generational poverty and pain creates hopelessness and closed doors. With over 400 years of being in this country called America, most of our time has been spent living the American Nightmare while others have been dreaming. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th class citizen status are a slap in the face. Just like the go back to Africa chants, but through it all we have survived and stood tall. We may bend at times, but never have we been broken. Our spirit of a great tomorrow has never wavered, but as we reflect on black treatment, stereotypes, police brutality, and inequality, we can no longer silently wait for tomorrow. Today is our rally call for real change. Through all the suppressing years of slavery and thereafter, black people have had a glimpse of what our greatness could be. Creating technology, innovations in medicine, and becoming superior in creativity and athleticism to name a few, we have shown the”
― Black States of America
― Black States of America
