This quote by Mary Antin is describing the Czar of Russia's attitude towards Jewish individuals in the late 19th century. At the time, the Czar had actually executed a series of laws that limited the rights of Jews, including their access to education. Mary Antin was a Jewish immigrant to the United States and was speaking from her own experience of the Czar's policies. She was stating that the Czar did not desire Jews to be able to attend school, which he had put in location laws to avoid them from doing so. This quote is a reminder of the discrimination and oppression that Jews dealt with in Russia at the time, and how they were denied standard rights and freedoms. It also works as a reminder of the value of education and how access to it can be denied to particular groups of people. Mary Antin's quote is a powerful tip of the importance of fighting for equality and justice for all.
This quote is written / told by Mary Antin between February 24, 1909 and May 15, 1949. He/she was a famous Activist from Russia.
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"Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of the children in this country, black children, who you allow to come into white schools. We have 94 percent who still live in shacks. We are going to be concerned about those 94 percent"
"I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place"
"And before our current legislature adjourns, we intend to become the first state of full and true choice by saying to every low and middle-income Hoosier family, if you think a non-government school is the right one for your child, you're as entitled to that option as any wealthy family; here's a voucher, go sign up"
