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There are many positive things to say about the black community. No question about it.

In fact, the class divide in the black community is now seen by some as a permanent aspect of our existence.

The black community sees itself as one group, and they are all experiencing the same experiences as a group with racism and whatnot, growing up in this country.

The black community now in many ways divided itself the way the larger white community divides itself, over class issues. And that race is no longer the bond that it once was. That's one of the prices you pay for progress.

Black people have been working hard for decades.

Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives within 'black community' by and large.

The black community is my community - the LGBT community, too, and the female community. That is my community. That's me; it's who I am.

I want to make sure we have elected people constantly looking at helping the African-American community.

We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community.