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

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.

Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.

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

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

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

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