In two-parent households, women have increasingly entered the workplace, and in single-parent households, there is even more of a need for the adults to work. That means parents do not fully control their own schedule and have to scramble to find high-quality after-school options. Geoffrey Canada Read Quote
Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science. Geoffrey Canada Read Quote
When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks. Geoffrey Canada Read Quote
Good dental care doesn’t make you a good student, but if your tooth hurts, it’s hard to be a good student. Geoffrey Canada Read Quote
When I first found out that Superman wasn’t real, I was about maybe eight. And I was talking to my mother about it. And she was like, ‘No, no, no. There’s no Superman.’ And I started crying. I really thought he was coming to rescue us. The chaos, the violence, the danger. No hero was coming. Geoffrey Canada Read Quote
You go through the Civil Rights struggle, everybody knew the songs – ‘We shall overcome.’ Everybody would sing it. Music helped us. James Brown, ‘Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud.’ They helped black people figure out how to navigate what was a very treacherous place in America for them. Geoffrey Canada Read Quote
Young people will tell you, if you’re not prepared to write the most violent, the most misogynistic, the most horrible kinds of rhymes and scenarios, you are not going to get air play. Geoffrey Canada Read Quote
One of the things that sells music is when the artist is looked at as someone who’s come up from the streets. Not just any streets, but the toughest, meanest streets of the urban ghetto. And that’s called ‘street credibility.’ Geoffrey Canada Read Quote
Lots of boys pick strong messages about who they are and who they want to be from the media. Geoffrey Canada Read Quote
