I do believe that healing takes place on a number of different levels and that in fact black healing can be deepened by trying to heal across as well as within. But it could be that to call for black and Jewish healing without acknowledging the need for intra-black healing puts the cart before the horse.

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

I like to be multi-contextual, which is much more important than being multicultural.

One of the things I love most about Martin Luther King is that he was willing to sacrifice his popularity in favor of his integrity. He was an honest man, and he would tell the truth.

We will not allow this day of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial to go without somebody going to jail.

A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it.

I'm black, so, you know, I'm again with black folk, but it's a love that spills over to vanilla suburbs and red reservations and brown barrios and yellow slices.