02.03.04 - 3:06 pm

"...in rogets thesaurus there are 120 synonyms for blackness and at least sixty of them are offensive, as for example, blot, soot, grim, devil and foul. and there are some 134 synonyms for whitness and all are favorable, expressed in such words as purity, cleanliness, chastity and innocence. a white lie is better than a black lie. the most degenerate member of a family is a "black sheep". ossie davis has suggested that maybe the english language should be reconstructed so that teachers will not be forced to teach the negro child sixty ways to despise himself, and thereby perpetuate his false sense of inferiority..."

- part of martin luther king jr's last and most radical SCLC presidential address.