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

I think this is what people misunderstand about Martin Luther King saying to love your enemies. They think he was just using this silly little phrase, but what he meant was that as Black Americans we need to let our anger go, because holding on to it we hold ourselves down. We oppress ourselves by holding on to anger.

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with its primary goal the establishment of black male patriarchy.

When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a constructive focus or resolution, we take hope away. In this way critique can become merely an expression of profound cynicism, which then works to sustain dominator culture.

The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.

Remember, care is a dimension of love, but simply giving care does not mean we are loving.

The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution.