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In Crash, You've Got A Pathological Cop Who At The End Justifies Police Brutality. He Tells The Naïve, Young Cop That You're Going To End Up The Same As Him. He's The Most Sympathetic Character In The Movie. So, The Naïve Cop Ends Up Murdering This Black Kid And Tries To Cover Up The Evidence. It Sort Of Justifies Police Brutality And The Planting Of Evidence Which Is What Happened In The O.j. Simpson Case.

Writing Poetry Is The Hard Manual Labor Of The Imagination.

The Cultural Wars Of The Sixties Are Over. I've Reconciled With Those Who Were My Critics And Opponents Years Ago. I Was At Odds With Some Those Who Were Black Nationalists. Yet When Feminists Attempted To End My Career And Leave Me As Literary Road Kill, It Was The Black Nationalists Who Came To My Rescue.

No One Says A Novel Has To Be One Thing. It Can Be Anything It Wants To Be, A Vaudeville Show, The Six O’clock News, The Mumblings Of Wild Men Saddled By Demons.

A Black Boxer's Career Is The Perfect Metaphor For The Career Of A Black Male. Every Day Is Like Being In The Gym, Sparring With Impersonal Opponents As One Faces The Rudeness And Hostility That A Black Male Must Confront In The United States, Where He Is The Object Of Both Fear And Fascination.