It's a spiritual malnutrition tied to a moral constipation, where people have a sense of what's right and what's good. It's just stuck, and they can't get it out because there's too much greed. There's too much obsession with reputation and addiction to narrow conceptions of success.

The question is really how do we think seriously about this mechanism called a market. It ought to be determining not values but prices.

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

The courage to be is the most difficult thing for any human being.

The paradox of race in America is that our common destiny is more pronounced and imperiled precisely when our divisions are deeper.

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.

Anytime I look at a president, I don't care what color he is.