An abundance of Twitter users believe they can troll and rant with impunity, no matter how debasing or even threatening their 140-character posts pose.

One of the burdens of being a black male is carrying the heavy weight of other people’s suspicions.

The nastier the e-mail, the more likely I am to respond because they'll realize there's a human being on the other side.

I think one of the reasons with problems with conversation on race is that this is such a deeply personal conversation that it requires trust and someone you know.

Don't want a complicated love. Just want you to grab my demons, kiss my madness and run away with me.

But morning casts a harsh light over things, and the stark reality is that some things are easier to walk away from than to lose forever. But that doesn’t mean that this doesn’t hurt.

Run, leap and celebrate for you are alive today!

As a kid, you run around the house pretending to be a superhero, and now to be doing it as a job, I feel very lucky.

I learned have, not to despise,What ever thing seemes small in common eyes.

Memory is a painter. Paintin's not important. The important thing is keepin' busy.

Keep Looking Up was my life's admonition, I can do little else in my present position.

I hold that a man has as much right to spell a word as it is pronounced as he has to pronounce it the way it ain't spelled.

Somewhere inside, we hear a voice. It leads us in the direction of the person we wish to become. But it is up to us whether or not to follow.

A solution of two national states - a Jewish state, Israel; an Arab state, Palestine. The Palestinians are our closest neighbors. I believe they may become our closest friends.