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

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.

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

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.

While many people are proud of being self-made, it only explains all the flaws.

You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now.

LSD is simply an exploratory instrument like a microscope or telescope, except this one is inside of you instead of outside of you.

He who slings mud loses ground.

I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first.

I'll have you know I do the swearing on this ship. If I need your assitance I'll call you." Capt. Wolf Larsen

I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to have.

I want people to suffer less, and I think it's possible.

Women accept their destiny more readily than men.

I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to build some kind of lifestyle brand that was preppy and cool.