The paradox of education is precisely this — that as one begins to become conscious, he begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. But no society is really anxious to have that kind of person around. What societies really, ideally, want is a citizenry that will simply obey the rules. If a society succeeds in this, that society is about to perish. 

The obligation of anyone who thinks himself responsible is to examine society and try to change it and to fight it — at no matter what risk. This is the only hope society has. This is the only way societies change.

JAMES BALDWIN, 1963