Asante is a guidance counselor in a Chicago high school. His goal is to introduce Black male students to Africa, as he believes that discovering Africa and connecting to their African roots can help Black boys feel like they’re a part of something larger. Barack suspects that, for those boys, simply having someone like Asante to talk to will make more of a difference than anything else.
Asante Quotes in Dreams from My Father
The Dreams from My Father quotes below are all either spoken by Asante or refer to Asante. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 13
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I wondered how much difference those posters would make to the boy we had just left in Asante’s office. Probably not as much as Asante himself, I thought. A man willing to listen. A hand placed on a young man’s shoulders.
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Asante Quotes in Dreams from My Father
The Dreams from My Father quotes below are all either spoken by Asante or refer to Asante. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 13
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I wondered how much difference those posters would make to the boy we had just left in Asante’s office. Probably not as much as Asante himself, I thought. A man willing to listen. A hand placed on a young man’s shoulders.
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