The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair.

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

Slavery is, as an example of what white America has done, a constant reminder of what white America might do.

The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair.

I live to harass white folks.

My wife says I spend my life trying to teach white folks. I'm not so sure I'm proud of it, but she's right.

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