I still have a righteous indignation at injustice, no matter what form it takes. It could be homophobia, it could be white supremacy, male supremacy, imperial arrogance, class subordination or whatever.

Part of the popularity with Louis Farrakhan has less to do with the content of his message and more to do with the form that he portrays himself - as being a free, black person who speaks what is on his mind with boldness and fearlessness. Who is willing to pay the consequences.

The wonderful thing about the black church for me is that it forces you to come to terms with the centrality of love in the world.

Try to just be true to ourselves, whoever we are, but willing to grow, even as we're true to ourselves.

White supremacy is so deep-seated that it's hard to see it eliminated. But we could definitely push it back.

The interesting thing for me is, if that had been a left-wing person raising questions, [President Obama] probably would have expressed his anger. Because Obama really does get upset about progressives.

The capacity to produce social chaos is the last resort of desperate people.