I saw Maya Angelou at Oregon State U back in the 80’s. We had the usual black power types running around at the time. At her talk, one of them stood up & asked her if every black person should spend some time in Africa (as she had done) so as to experience a totally black culture. Her response:
“The only thing you will learn from a trip to Africa is that you are an American.”
A pretty good line. I wish more people understood it.
Even better was Muhammad Ali, after fighting George Foreman in then-Zaire, was asked, "What do you think of Africa?" To which Ali replied, "Thank God my granddaddy got on that boat!"