The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.

calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.

Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before

I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.

I work every day to live up to my mother's model. She was a very proud woman. And she really prepared me to go off into the world as a proud daughter.

For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977

I became the messenger who had to be killed