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Today, public understanding of our past and our system of government is pitifully low.

~Eric Liu

Topics: Government Low Our Past Public System Today Understanding

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The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits.

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Topics: Bad Bad Habits Boomers Gesture Going Grand Habits Modeled Set Those Unwind

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Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their comfort and enjoyment. They behaved accordingly, with a self-indulgence that was wholly rational, given their situation.

~Eric Liu

Topics: Accordingly Behaved Boomers China Comfort Early Enjoyment Given Like Little Made Many Rational Saved Situation Taught Too Were Wholly World

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Americans need to call on Boomers, in their next act onstage, to behave like grown-ups. And there is no better way for them to do this than to guide young people to lives of greater meaning, effectiveness, and purpose.

~Eric Liu

Topics: Act American Behave Better Better Way Boomers Call Effectiveness Greater Grown-Ups Guide Like Lives Meaning Need Next Onstage People Purpose Than Them Way Young Young People

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Race in America has always centered on our mutual agreement not to see each other. White or non-white. Black or non-black. Mongoloid, Hindoo. We've always bought into to the crudest, humanity-denying forms of sorting.

~Eric Liu

Topics: Agreement Always America Black Bought Centered Each Forms Mutual Other Our Race See White

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If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America.

~Eric Liu

Topics: Advantage America Carry Celebration Color Does Drop Fuller Having Just Learn Matter Particular Privilege Purely Skin Still Then Tones Very Were Wheel Would You Young

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If half-black Barack Obama had decided years ago to call himself white - which his genes certainly entitled him to do - his story would have carried very different meaning. If millions of part-black people had followed him into whiteness, then the N.A.A.C.P. would be in true crisis.

~Eric Liu

Topics: Barack Barack Obama Call Carried Certainly Crisis Decided Different Entitled Followed Genes Had Him Himself His Meaning Millions Obama People Story Then True Very Which White Would Years Years Ago

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My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing pictures of him in uniform.

~Eric Liu

Topics: Air Air Force Chinese Force General Grandfather Grew Hearing Him Nationalist Pictures Pilot Seeing Stories Uniform Up War World World War World War Ii

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I had heard so much negative talk about our generation, that we're slackers and young fogies, that I knew wasn't true of the people I know.

~Eric Liu

Topics: About Generation Had Heard Knew Know Much Negative Our Our Generation People Talk True Young

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The summer of 1991, I took $2,000 of my savings and a desktop program, and I asked my friends to write 800 words about something they cared about. I got eight or nine articles and put them together. It was no frills, black and white, no graphics. I printed them out and just dumped piles around D.C.

~Eric Liu

Topics: About Around Articles Asked Black Black And White Cared Desktop Dumped Eight Friends Got Graphics Just Nine Out Piles Printed Program Put Savings Something Summer Them Together Took White Words Write

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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