Democracy is not a spectator sport.

If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.

The core of the culture is racism and how black men are viewed. They've always been demonized and seen as threats in our culture. Another holdover from slavery. We've got to deal with that core root of racism and demonization of the upbringing of black men. Black women are not exempt by any means.

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.

The crisis of children having children has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of children killing children.

Let all children come unto me.