#56 Recovering the Loss

Dr. Marketus Presswood is an Historian with specialization in the socio-cultural interactions of the Chinese, Africans, and Africans in Diaspora. Dr. Presswood juxtaposed China and the U.S. on the subject of racism. He discussed: the role of China and the U.S. on the global order for Africa and Black Diaspora and emphasized the urgency of establishing the "United African States".

"At the same time, I saw friends, and friends of friends, who didn't have the same support system, and they fell by the wayside.  For me now, when I think about some of my classmates who were brilliant students - I had one classmate who was a great mathematician - much smarter than me in that regard. I remember a few years back when I was in Chicago, I ran into him on the street. You can tell that he was homeless. And I just thought - what a waste of so much talent and genius. This is the problem - my critique of America is that, how much do we lose because we fail to nurture every segment ..." - Dr. Marketus Presswood