It's no sin to make a critical study of Brazil's reality. A small percentage own land. Most people don't.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.

At a certain point in their existential experience, the oppressed feel an irresistible attraction toward the oppressor and his way of life. Sharing this way of life becomes an overpowering aspiration.

I majored in business/marketing because I was going to be a teacher and a high school basketball coach.

Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.

Education is the antidote to poverty.

Children are our future and every child deserves to have an environment where they can learn and flourish and gain knowledge.