A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
~ Marcus Garvey
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. ~ Ray Bradbury
Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when
perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift
to the future. ~ Albert Camus
No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself. ~ Arthur Miller
Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth. ~ Noam Chomsky
If
we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must
recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less
arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a
fitting place. ~Margaret Mead
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- How much are you aware of your history, origins, and culture?
- What cultural initiatives could you support in your community?
- What rich human gifts have you seen by people around you, by you?