What This Country Needs Is

I Think We Have To Really Focus On The Issues Much More Than We May Have In The Past. I Think We Have To Seek To Create Coalitional Strategies That Go Beyond Racial Lines. We Need To Bring Black Communities, Chicano Communities, Puerto Rican Communities, Asian American Communities Together.

It's True That It's Within The Realm Of Cultural Politics That Young People Tend To Work Through Political Issues, Which I Think Is Good, Although It's Not Going To Solve The Problems

The Food We Eat Masks So Much Cruelty. The Fact That We Can Sit Down And Eat A Piece Of Chicken Without Thinking About The Horrendous Conditions Under Which Chickens Are Industrially Bred In This Country Is A Sign Of The Dangers Of Capitalism, How Capitalism Has Colonized Our Minds. The Fact That We Look No Further Than The Commodity Itself, The Fact That We Refuse To Understand The Relationships That Underly The Commodities That We Use On A Daily Basis. And So Food Is Like That.

Kids These Days Are Kind Of Going Back To Tupac And Snoop Doggy Dogg As Examples Of People That Stand For Something.

I Don't Think It's Necessary To Feel Guilty. Because I Know That I'm Still Doing The Work That Is Going To Help More Sisters And Brothers To Challenge The Whole Criminal Justice System, And I'm Trying To Use Whatever Knowledge I Was Able To Acquire To Continue To Do The Work In Our Communities That Will Move Us Forward.