It is not out of envy or hatred of any race that we seek to proclaim the great achievements of our own. We do this because we know that no race has a monopoly of invention, enterprise or genius ... because we know that the race of man is far from finished, there is a great deal left to be done in the world.  The race of man is only just beginning, and there is room for all of us at the rendezvous of history.

— Aimé Césaire, Poet