Quotes by Geoffrey Canada

About Geoffrey Canada:

Geoffrey Canada is an American educator, social activist and author. Since 1990, Canada has been president of the Harlem Children's Zone in Harlem, New York, an organization that states its goal is to increase high school and college graduation rates among students in Harlem. Canada serves as the chairman of Children's Defense Fund's board of directors. He was a member of the board of directors of The After-School Corporation, a nonprofit organization that aims to expand educational opportunities for all students.
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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...

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People talk about Wall Street greed, but one of the things many people don't understand is that there are a lot of organizations that have been the recipient of largess from the same Wall Street.

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It is important to have permanent safe spaces in Harlem.

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When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching... It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters.

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Lots of boys pick strong messages about who they are and who they want to be from the media.

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Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male.

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You don't need someone destroying you when your own people are the worst messengers possible. And this is what black people in America have not come to grips with.

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The system decides you can't run schools in the summer.

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There's not a day that goes by that I don't draw on my undergraduate background in psychology.

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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.

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It's just becoming more acceptable for girls to react violently.

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When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks.

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Video games offer violent messages, and even the sports video games include taunting and teasing.

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If you are a lousy teacher, you should be fired.

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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.'

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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 v...

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Movies portray men as tough guys.

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The tendency in lots of large organizations is to try and find a comfortable place where you think you can get measured rewards for measured work.

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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 hig...

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Author Bio

  • NameGeoffrey Canada
  • DescriptionAmerican activist
  • BornJanuary 13, 1952
  • CountryUnited States Of America