Multicultural Is Not A Description

I Think Black Intellectuals See Too Deeply. That's The Problem. It's A Cause Of Anxiety, Because We See Things Differently.

I Have Black Guys Who Tell Me They Put My Books On Their Bed Stands To Read At Night Like Something For Guidance Or Information. That Really Pleases Me A Lot. I Think My Work Has Changed Some Things. It's Changed Me.

David Simon [the Creator Of The Wire] And I Have A Running Controversy For Years. It All Stems From A Telephone Call I Made To Kpfa [pacifica Radio] When He Was A Guest There In The 90's On Chris Welche's Show. He Was Going Around The Country With A Black Kid From The Ghetto To Promote Something Called The Corner - It Was All About Blacks As Degenerates Selling Drugs, Etc.

In Haitian Mythology There Is The Figure Ghede, Who In West Africa, Is Iku, Whose Role Is To Show "each Man His Devil." He's Represented By A Figure Wearing A Top Hat And Smoking A Cigar. That's My Gig.

Ethnic Life In The United States Has Become A Sort Of Contest Like Baseball In Which The Blacks Are Always The Chicago Cubs.