Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its ex….

I believe in a God of a second chance and a God of love and mercy, because I need so much more of it myself..

To challenge norms, presuppositions, practices in communities across this country - where the unconscious valorization and celebration of whiteness a….

I don't believe in that kind of American John Wayne individualism where people pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Someone changed your diapers. ….

My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me..

Social media itself is not protest. To tweet is not to protest physically. To do a Facebook post, and though it's critical and crucial, is not to sho….

The language of faith is crucial because it affords human beings the privilege of intimacy with the ultimate..

Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public..

I don't worship the Bible, I worship the God who gave the Bible..

We should not be post-racial: seeking to get beyond the uplifting meanings and edifying registers of blackness. Rather, we should be post-racist: mov….

All of us should be much more humble and contrite when we point the finger at somebody else, because four more fingers are pointing back at us..

The writer's gift can make us see ourselves and our morals differently than our reality suggests..

I was born in '58, so the riot in Detroit in 1967 was a memorable introduction to the issue of race and how race made a difference in American societ….

He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his ….

Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to marginal….

Black women must challenge black men to live up to their best in every arena of the culture - at job, at home, in school and in religious arenas..

Jeremiah Wright is one of the greatest prophetic preachers that black America has produced. What I find striking is that many white brothers and sist….

Charity is no substitute for justice. If we never challenge a social order that allows some to accumulate wealth--even if they decide to help the les….

The consequences of whiteness are particularly lethal right now. And the ignorance about it, especially on the part of white people themselves, makes….

If your experiences suggest to you that poor black folk are lazy, then you must be true to those experiences - except, however, as your experiences a….

Donald Trump amplifies the worst instincts. And his nationalism is really a white racist supremacist nationalism..