Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Quote Of The Week


Americans suffer from anti-intellectualism, starting in the White House. Our people can least afford to be anti-intellectual. Too many of our children have come to believe that it's easier to become a black professional athlete than a doctor or lawyer. Reality check: According to the 2000 census, there were more than 31,000 black physicians and surgeons, 33,000 black lawyers and 5,000 black dentists. Guess how many black athletes are playing professional basketball, football and baseball combined. About 1,400. In fact, there are more board-certified black cardiologists than there are black professional basketball players.

Barack Obama

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