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I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard.

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend.

As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.

Young black men in this country have to understand that they have a responsibility. They cannot be the enemy in their own neighborhoods and usurp the effort of good people that are trying to make things work.

African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us.

We as men, in particular black men, are constantly supported, nurtured, forgiven, apologized for, led, followed and coddled by black women, and they get very little in return.

We're raised to believe that black men have to be one specific way.

I think our biggest problem is lack of real, honest communication between black men and black women. A lot of men talk amongst men, and a lot of women speak amongst women.

I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.