African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.
You know, we're missing so much as African-Americans and we should be concerned about what's going on in Africa.
We're conditioned in this country to believe that if there's a problem, the black man is usually the culprit.
I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale.
I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans.
There is a reason that many African Americans have a healthy mistrust for law enforcement. We don't always feel protected or served by that particular institution.
The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.
Every day in America, African Americans are reminded of their race in ways large and small. Every day.
In the African American community, we are very 'hush, hush' about things in our life.