The American Dream is individualistic. Martin Luther King's dream was collective. The American Dream says, "I can engage in upward mobility and live the good life." King's dream was fundamentally Christian. His commitment to radical love had everything to do with his commitment to Jesus of Nazareth, and his dream had everything to do with community, with a "we" consciousness that included poor and working people around the world, not just black people.

When black America is on the move, America is on the move.

You've got to love yourself enough, not only so that others will be able to love you, but that you'll be able to love others.

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

There's a number of hip-hop artists who are highly talented but politically retrograde.

The question is really how do we think seriously about this mechanism called a market. It ought to be determining not values but prices.

Wall Street is stronger than ever.