My definition of good is that you understand that this is a question of power. That you be willing to give up some power. That you be willing to give up some resources. That you be willing to pay Black people reparations for our years and years of service in this country. That you be willing to go home and tell your white mother and father about white racism and how it affects and kills Black people in our communities. That's my definition of good white people, and I haven't met any like that.

So if you're a gang member and you would normally be killing somebody, why not kill a white person?

It was the emotion I hated the most of all emotions, shame.

History is history. What is done is done.

Black people don't know what white people are talking about when they talk about a Sister Souljah moment. I tell them it's the moment you meet a proud, beautiful black woman you can never forget.

The gap between the young people and the rest of society is that...young people don't have hope.

If you do something positive, something positive will come back to you. If you consciously do negative things, then negativity will rule your life.