During the last decades, films about the black experience have been produced, directed, and even scripted by white men. Some of them are excellent. B…

- Ishmael Reed

History is the story of warfare between secret societies.

- Ishmael Reed

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 …

- Ishmael Reed

The treatment of African and African American culture in our education was no different from their treatment in Tarzan movies.

- Ishmael Reed

Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs.

- Ishmael Reed

The last publicized center of American writing was Manhattan. Its writers became known as the New York Intellectuals. With important connections to p…

- Ishmael Reed

We not only grew up on Be-Bop; Be-Bop raised us. For my generation, Be-Bop came on like a light bulb going flash behind the eyes.For us, it was not o…

- Ishmael Reed

I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an…

- Ishmael Reed

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…

- Ishmael Reed