Anger is an appropriate reaction to racist attitudes, as is fury when the actions arising from those attitudes do not change.

Silence has never brought us anything of worth.

pornography is a direct denial of the power of the erotic, for it represents the suppression of true feeling. Pornography emphasizes sensation without feeling.

Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.

Afraid is a country with no exit visas.

To face the realities of our lives is not a reason for despair-despair is a tool of your enemies. Facing the realities of our lives gives us motivation for action. For you are not powerless... You know why the hard questions must be asked. It is not altruism, it is self-preservation-survival.

So it is better to speak, remembering we were never meant to survive.