"White people never cease to immortalize their history. They even glorify their murderers. Who among us has not heard of James James, Billy the Kid, Bonnie and Clyde and Al Capone? But so many Kmtyw people, including Kmtyws in the Diaspora, are told that our own history is unimportant. How often do we hear the words, `That was a long time ago. Get over it. Forget the past. It doesn't matter. Just concentrate on the future.' And we internalize these phrases like we invented them. This is not wisdom for us. It is destruction. History tells us that people who forget the past have a very questionable future."
--Runoko Rashidi