A family is a burial mound of its own doings and sayings.
There are so many ways to be and to be black at the same time, but we're finally seeing that full range expressed much more widely than before.
Remember something about attention. Yes, it’s possible to buy, grab, or even steal it. But it’s far better to earn it.
I care about the diversity of the mindset of the people creating our future, and the windows through which we see it, and the tools we use to build it.
As I've submerged myself in news of the revolutions sweeping North Africa and the Middle East, I wanted desperately to feel part of what was going on. And then it hit me: This is what white people were doing to me after Obama was elected!
I work in comedy, journalism, media, and technology, many of which don't have a lot of black faces in visible positions. I walk through Brooklyn with a surfboard. It's fun to challenge and expand people's expectations.
Okay, well, if motion is the constant, how can I remain in motion?
Christians, you and your churches don't get to be millionaires while other people have nothing at all. They're your bloody rules! Either stick to them or abandon the faith.
A man who took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice
The first indication of a young person's growing smarter is that he no longer understands the things which he used to consider quite intelligible and self-evident.
Once you have learned to ask questions - relevant and appropriate and substantial questions - you have learned how to learn and no one can keep you from learning whatever you want or need to know.