Bring It On. Dissent Is Central To

The Human Spirit Is Resilient And Truth - No Matter How Long You Abuse It And How Long You Try To Crush It - Will, As Dr. King Would Say, Rise Up Again, And In The Final Analysis Will Prevail.

Pop Culture Has None Of The Vibrancy That You Find In The Folk Culture, Where People Speak Directly To Their Own Experience In The Human Condition.

I Didn't Like The Wiz And It Wasn't Because Black People Were Doing It. I Didn't Like The Wiz Because It Was A Badly Made Movie Off A Classic. Why Are You Remaking Something Unless You Have Something Better In Mind?

There's An Old Saying In The Days Of Slavery, There Are Those Slaves Who Lived On The Plantation, And There Were Those Slaves Who Lived In The House. You Got The Privilege Of Living In The House If You Served The Master To Exactly The Way The Master Intended To Have You Serve Him. That Gave You Privilege. Colin Powell Is Permitted To Come Into The House Of The Master, As Long As He Will Serve The Master According To The Master's Dictates. Now, When Colin Powell Dares To Suggest Something Other Than What The Master Wants To Hear, He Will Be Turned Back Out To Pasture.

When I Was Born, I Was Colored. I Soon Became A Negro. Not Long After That I Was Black. Most Recently I Was African-american. It Seems We're On A Roll Here. But I Am Still First And Foremost In Search Of Freedom.