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Where Is The Raised Voice Of Black America? Why Are We Mute?

In My Earliest Of Years, My Mother Was A Huge Force In My Life. She Was For All Intents And Purposes, A Single Parent. My Father Had Abandoned Us. He Was An Alcoholic And A Physical Abuser. My Mother Lived Through That Tyranny And Made Her Living As A Domestic Worker. She Was Uneducated But She Brought High Principles And Decent Values Into Our Existence, And She Set Lofty Goals For Herself And For Her Children. We Were Forever Inspired By Her Strength And By Her Resistance To Racism And To Fascism.

Children Who Have Lost Parents To Hiv/aids Are Not Only Just As Deserving Of An Education As Any Other Children, But They May Need That Education Even More. Being Part Of A School Environment Will Prepare Them For The Future, While Helping To Remove The Stigma And Discrimination Unfortunately Associated With Aids.

I've Always Been Supportive Of The Right Of Israel As A State, And I've Always Fought Against Anti-semitism, Even In My Own Community.

I Don't Find Inspiration On Wall Street. I Don't Find That In Beverly Hills. I Don't Find That In Places Where Opportunity Resides Unbridled, And I Think The Real Creative Energy And The Real Juice Is In Where People Are Caught, In The Economic Abyss.