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

Jesus loves a free black man.

We must never so thoroughly disrespect someone that they are beyond the pale and, therefore, have no possibility of being changed.

Wall Street is stronger than ever.

I think philosophy is all about lived experience, which is to say life in the streets, life in a variety of different contexts.

Courage is the enabling virtue for any philosopher - for any human being, I think, in the end. Courage to think, courage to love, courage to hope.

We live in a predatory capitalist society in which everything is for sale. Everybody is for sale, so there is ubiquitous commodification - be it of music, food, people, or parking meters.