Okay listen, you think I'm so inconsequential? Then try this on for size. All those who see unworthiness when they look at me and are given thereby to denying me value - to you I say, I'm not talking about being AS GOOD as you. I hereby declare myself BETTER than you. 
Sidney Poitier, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
inspirational, prejudice, race, self-esteem