Resistance Is A Powerful Motivator Precisely Because

Education Leads To Enlightenment. Enlightenment Opens The Way To Empathy. Empathy Foreshadows Reform.

However Self-sufficient We May Fancy Ourselves, We Exist Only In Relation - To Our Friend, Family, And Life Partners; To Those We Teach And Mentor; To Our Coworkers, Neighbors, Strangers; And Even To Forces We Cannot Fully Conceive Of, Let Alone Define. In Many Ways, We Are Our Relationships.

It Appears That My Worst Fears Have Been Realised: We Have Made Progress In Everything Yet Nothing Has Changed.

Courage Is A Decision You Make To Act In A Way That Works Through Your Own Fear For The Greater Good As Opposed To Pure Self-interest. Courage Means Putting At Risk Your Immediate Self-interest For What You Believe Is Right.

The Challenge Throughout Has Been To Tell What I View As The Truth About Racism Without Causing Disabling Despair.