All ethical people strive to choose "right" over "easy" when confronted by situations that force them to choose one or the other.

A rule without exceptions is an instrument capable of doing mischief to the innocent and bringing grief - as well as injustice - to those who should gain exemptions from the rule's functioning.

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.

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

Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.

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