We are all in the process of becoming.

There is no Hierarchy of Oppressions

I learned to read from Mrs. Augusta Baker, the children's librarian. ... If that was the only good deed that lady ever did in her life, may she rest in peace. Because that deed saved my life, if not sooner, then later, when sometimes the only thing I had to hold on to was knowing I could read.

Afraid is a country with no exit visas.

The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken.

Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.

Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.