However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation - to our friend, family, and life partners; to those we teach and mentor; to our coworkers, neighbors, strangers; and even to forces we cannot fully conceive of, let alone define. In many ways, we are our relationships.

I live to harass white folks.

Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right.

Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.

Courage is a finite resource, it is exhausted by the terrors we face.

We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.

Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor.