If you want to know if racism is a problem in your country, you might not want to ask white people.

Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America.

Standing still is never an option so long as inequities remain embedded in the very fabric of the culture.

Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another.

Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underreport their experiences with racial bias rather than exaggerate them.

You can't organize people if you don't love them. And however hard it can be to love the racist you come in contact with; doing so is the first obligation of a white antiracist.

The denial of racism is a form of racism itself.

I think for folks of color the key to combatting racism period is a) trusting their instincts and b) solidarity with one another.

There won't be any more white folks around who think the 1950s were the good old days, because there won't be any more white folks around who actually remember them.

Violating the 4th Amendment guarantees against illegal searches and seizures is not the way to solve crime problems.

It's hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called 'post-racial', or, better yet, post-racism.

Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.

I don't like the way I look in a car. The lighting is very bad.

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

For my birthday, I would ask for a ticket from my mother. Just buy me a ticket to said country and I'll just find my way through. And that's what I always did. I never changed too much of that.

I would say my life experiences are my poetry, whether I'm writing about those actual, factual experiences or not.

We cannot and will not ban the creation of violent video games. But, we can prevent the distribution of these disturbing games to children, where their effects can be negative

I wish I had been more mature. I wish I had handled the immediate aftermath of the accident involving my family better.

When MRMC vows that “We will turn Knicks fans into Nets fans,” I have to say, it’s not totally farfetched.

If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples. - Japanese Proverb