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.

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.

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.

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

Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.

Freedom for freedoms sake."~R. Alan Woods [2006]

If we freed up all the money in the certification process, think about how much more money we'd have to put into teacher salaries.

A quiet mind cureth all.

The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness

A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.

Grace and gratitude go together like heaven and earth.

Life loves the liver of it. You must live and life will be good to you.

There could be something incredibly grand and incomprehensible and beyond our present understanding.

There is much to be said for exotic marriages. If your husband is a bore, it takes years longer to discover.