Poor People, People Of Color

You Can Never Stop And As Older People, We Have To Learn How To Take Leadership From The Youth And I Guess I Would Say That This Is What I'm Attempting To Do Right Now.

Racism Is A Much More Clandestine, Much More Hidden Kind Of Phenomenon, But At The Same Time It's Perhaps Far More Terrible Than It's Ever Been.

Actually We've Had A Black Bourgeoisie Or The Makings Of A Black Bourgeoisie For Many More Decades.in A Sense The Quest For The Emancipation Of Black People In The Us Has Always Been A Quest For Economic Liberation Which Means To A Certain Extent That The Rise Of Black Middle Class Would Be Inevitable. What I Think Is Different Today Is The Lack Of Political Connection Between The Black Middle Class And The Increasing Numbers Of Black People Who Are More Impoverished Than Ever Before.

Well Of Course I Get Depressed Sometimes, Yes I Do.

There Is An Unbroken Line Of Police Violence In The United States That Takes Us All The Way Back To The Days Of Slavery, The Aftermath Of Slavery, The Development Of The Ku Klux Klan. There Is So Much History Of This Racist Violence That Simply To Bring One Person To Justice Is Not Going To Disturb The Whole Racist Edifice.