Youre not going to college to get educated. Youre going there to get trained. Theyll train you to want what you dont need. Theyll train you to manipulate words so they dont mean anything anymore. Theyll train you to forget what it is that you already know. Theyll train you so good, youll start believing what they tell you about equal opportunity and the American way and all that shit. Theyll give you a corner office and invite you to fancy dinners, and tell you youre a credit to your race. Until you want to actually start running things, and then theyll yank on your chain and let you know that you may be a well-trained, well-paid nigger, but youre a nigger just the same.

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama