The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.
Interpretation
The future of the Black family will empower individuals and influence their aspirations.
Dorothy Height emphasizes the crucial role that the Black family plays in promoting liberation, self-worth, and the formulation of personal and collective goals. The Black family structure is portrayed as a fundamental source of strength and inspiration, indicating that the values nurtured within these families can lead to greater societal progress and individual fulfillment.
In practice
This quote could be used in a community meeting discussing family values
I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in some way. Sometimes the connections don't happen for years. But when they do, I marvel. As in a shimmering kaleidoscope, familiar patterns keep unfolding
Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit
We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.
My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.
We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.
We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.
I have cared for loved ones nearly all my life, so when I look in the mirror, I see a caregiver looking back at me. It began when I was 12 years old and my father became ill. Taking care of him took a toll on our entire family, my mother most of all.
All in all, 18 individuals from my family are missing, including my six brothers and my mother, my brothers' wives, my nephews and nieces.
If a child is given love, he becomes loving ... If he's helped when he needs help, he becomes helpful. And if he has been truly valued at home ... he grows up secure enough to look beyond himself to the welfare of others.
All of these things we do without children, and suddenly we don't do them anymore, and it comes home to us in a real way, that it's very different to have the responsibility of a child.
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