Stereotypes work to help divide women from recognizing their common interests.

So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or kids belong to their families, and recognize that kids belong to whole communities.

Therapists are less likely to perceive a black woman as sad; instead they see her as angry or anxious.

With Donald Trump, you know, what I would tell you is that he's got shelf life like I never would have guessed.

You just have to be strong if you're a black woman.

Once it's everybody's responsibility and not just the household's we start making better investments.

Politics are a part of athletics now. Politics is a part of everything. And athletics is no exception.

I had a friend say to me the other day, I hate when I see Jonathan Metzl on your show because I know it's bad news. I know that there has been a shooting.

Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories.

From 2001 to 2012 at least 6,410 women were murdered by an intimate partner using a gun. That's more than the number of U.S. troops killed in action in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.

I think the most critical needs of the African-American communities aren't being addressed primarily because of decisions being made by Republican Congressional leaders.

Polish those gems within brightly, so you may shine...

I'm an un-healable positive optimist.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

To find beauty in the sad, hope in the midst of loss, and dignity in failure is great poetic art.

I was 26 years old when I found out that I had a sister who I never knew existed.

Fear can have a voice, but it doesn't get a vote.

Poetry can't cure cancer, but it can save your life until you die.

Death mattered not -- It was a mere puncutation

Imitation has to be avoided. Understanding should be the only law, never imitation.

Dance from here to the other world-and don't stop.