Assumptions that racism is more oppressive to black men than black women, then and now ... based on acceptance of patriarchal notions of masculinity.

I always tell my students that Malcolm X came both to his spirituality and to his consciousness as a thinker when he had solitude to read. Unfortunately, tragically, like so many young black males, that solitude only came in prison.

A good teacher is someone who can help you to get back to a teacher within.

Loving friendships provide us with a space to experience the joy of community in a relationship where we learn to process all our issues, to cope with differences and conflict while staying connected.

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.

Few people who are hit once by someone they love respond in the way they might to a singular physical assault by a stranger.

There is light in darkness, you just have to find it.