Racism Remains In The Eyes Of History

The Mere Fact Of Leaving Ultimate Social Control In The Hands Of The People Has Not Guaranteed That Men Will Be Able To Conduct Their Lives As Free Men. Those Societies Where Men Know They Are Free Are Often Democracies, But Sometimes They Have Strong Chiefs And Kings.they Have, However, One Common Characteristic: They Are All Alike In Making Certain Freedoms Common To All Citizens, And Inalienable.

The Tough-minded ... Respect Difference. Their Goal Is A World Made Safe For Differences, Where The United States May Be American To The Hilt Without Threatening The Peace Of The World, And France May Be France, And Japan May Be Japan On The Same Conditions.

No Man Ever Looks At The World With Pristine Eyes. He Sees It Edited By A Definite Set Of Customs And Institutions And Ways Of Thinking.

The Life-history Of The Individual Is First And Foremost An Accommodation To The Patterns And Standards Traditionally Handed Down In His Community. From The Moment Of His Birth The Customs Into Which He Is Born Shape His Experience And Behavior. By The Time He Can Talk, He Is The Little Creature Of His Culture, And By The Time He Is Grown And Able To Take Part In Its Activities, Its Habits Are His Habits, Its Beliefs His Beliefs, Its Impossibilities His Impossibilities.

Culture Is Not A Biologically Transmitted Complex