Thoughts can hurt like real pain.

Zis and zat' when uttered by the French is considered charming, but 'dis and dat' as an Africanism is ridiculed as gross and ugly.

Writers are encouraged to "keep 'em laughing" and complain "with good humor" in order to "win" allies. The joke is always on ourselves.

The Black writer explains pain to those who inflict it.

The twisted circumstances under which we live is grist for the writing mill, the loving, hating and discovering, finding new handles for old pitchers . . .

I believe racism has killed more people than speed, heroin, or cancer, and will continue to kill until it is no more.

Some feminists feel that a woman should never be wrong. We have a right to be wrong.