Nihilism is a natural consequence of a culture (or civilization) ruled and regulated by categories that mask manipulation, mastery and domination of peoples and nature.

It's fashionable to be indifferent to other people's suffering

I have a whole lot of fun in trying to serve others and just keeping it funky, trying to keep it real, trying to ensure that we are able to be ourselves and get beyond these deodorized discourses and deodorized spaces that put on masks.

We have to be self-critical even in context that we might be critical of, even as we - our pieces appear in it.

I think that when we talk about education I was also blessed to talk with my dear brother Arne Duncan. I had never met him, the secretary of Education. We had a wonderful talk. And I had told him quite explicitly education is a right, it's not a race to the top.

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

Justice is what love looks like in public.