We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community.

People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their society. They study, save, work, strive and vote. And people trapped in a culture of tenancy do not.

Color categories are on steroids in Latin America. I find that fascinating. It's very difficult for Americans, particularly African-Americans to understand or sympathize with.

The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.

That's what I mean by being bilingual: comfortable in your skin, comfortable with all parts of who you are.

Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.

I want to get into the educational DNA of American culture. I want 10 percent of the common culture, more or less, to be black.