I want there to be a place in the world where people can engage in one another’s differences in a way that is redemptive, full of hope and possibility. Not this “In order to love you, I must make you something else”. That’s what domination is all about, that in order to be close to you, I must possess you, remake and recast you.

Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe — not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.

One difference with the political writings, whether about feminism or class, is that the intent is to change how people think of a certain political reality; whereas with cultural criticism, the goal is to illuminate something that is already there.

I've written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism.

White women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or ... and oppression of others.

Popular escapist fiction enchants adult readers without challenging them to be educated for critical consciousness.

Sadly, children's passion for thinking often ends when they encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only.