ABSTRACT
CW There were intrinsic reasons and extrinsic reasons. Intrinsically, it is a wonderful way to live one's life. I receive tremendous joy and pleasure from reading books and conversing about ideas.
Extrinsic reasons have to do with the instrumental value of ideas, the fact that ideas are forms of power, and because I understood myself primarily as an intellectual freedom fighter in the Black Christian tradition, I understood ideas as not only sources of pleasure but also sources of power. Ideas can be used in such a way that it promotes the enhancement and advancement of poor people in general, and Black people in particular.
