what I think separates me from most philosophers probably is that I'm a bluesman in the life of the mind, I'm a jazzman in the world of ideas.

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

You keep folks so intimidated. You can give them money, access, but they're still scared. And as long as you're scared, you're on the plantation.

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

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

We've got the wrong vision, the wrong values, the wrong priority, and as the great prophetic figure Marian Edelman Wright puts it, we have been AWOL when it comes to poor people and poor children.

Fantasies are real. They have effects on your soul, even though, as I was too young to really step forward.