We Can't Talk About The Black Community.

Where Cultural Representations Do Not Reach Out Beyond Themselves, There Is The Danger That They Will Function As The Surrogates For Activism, That They Will Constitute Both The Beginning And The End Of Political Practice.

Prisons Do Not Disappear Problems, They Disappear Human Beings.

If They Come For Me In The Morning, They Will Come For You In The Night.

I Think It's Important For Us To Recognize That Although Historically Black Communities Have Been Very Progressive With Respect To Issues Of Race And With Respect To Struggles For Racial Equality, That Does Not Necessarily Translate Into Progressive Positions On Gender Issues, Progressive Positions On Issues Of Sexuality And In The Latter 1990s We Have To Recognize The Intersectionality, The Interconnectedness Of All Of These Institutions And Attitudes.

The Process Of Empowerment Cannot Be Simplistically Defined In Accordance With Our Own Particular Class Interests. We Must Learn To Lift As We Climb.