The only way for white folks to reclaim the full arc of their humanity, the full trajectory of their ethical content, of their ethical identity, is to surrender the white innocence that prevents them from being fully mature.

I think that the over-incarceration of black and brown folk is one of the great crimes of American society.

I guess I'm a Luddite.

Black people watch more television than anybody else, which makes it legitimate to talk about television. Its anesthetizing effect has been quite real. But that concern isn't new.

I used to tell people when I preached at a church, 'If you want a great sermon, be a great audience.'

We must continue to insist to our better off brothers and sisters that they are in the same racial boat as their less better off kin. Even elevated class status and superior financial standing cannot ward off the effects and consequences of racism.

I do believe that it is quite necessary for us as a people to reach back, over and down to help the less fortunate of our number.