Every president needs to deal with the permanent government of the country, and the permanent government of the country is Wall Street oligarchs and corporate plutocrats and the questions becomes what is the relationship between that president and Wall Street.

The black church often has reinforced certain self images that are damaging to black peoples' beauty, black peoples' confidence.

The problem is that affirmative action could never really get at the issue of corporate power in the workplace, and so you ended up with the downsizing; you ended up with de-industrializing. You ended up with the marginalizing of working people and working poor people even while affirmative action was taking place, and a new black middle class was expanding.

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

Does he have a double standard for black critics as opposed to white critics?

Our politicians have sacrificed their principles on the altar of special interests; our corporate leaders have sacrificed their integrity on the altar of profits; and our media watchdogs have sacrificed the voice of dissent on the altar of audience competition.

Courage is being true to yourself, true to a sense of integrity.