The writer's gift can make us see ourselves and our morals differently than our reality suggests.

I don't think that an emphasis on the peculiar plight of black males at all suggests that others are not suffering, or that such attention suggests that black men and women feel sorry for themselves.

There are things that you can do on an individual level, even as you continue to fight oppression systemically, that make things a little bit better for an identifiable group.

I had an exciting, interesting childhood, to be sure, with all of the challenges that ghetto life provides - but had loving parents.

Even when you don't know, you're supposed to know.

All Americans deserve an equal crack at what it means to be a - having - having resources in your own home and in your state and in your country.

I've been a social gospel-er and a person who sees politics as a central dynamic to the encoding of religious rhetoric.