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I felt hopeful for the future because Obama is here. But nothing has changed. It's time for young kids to get serious again and really think about what their four fathers were like. As African-Americans, we are resilient, we are some bad mf-ers, and we are survivors. So get those i-pods out of their ears and become heroes again like the Freedom Riders.

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In the end, that's a blind alley - we have to get back to being able to think on our feet and react.

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What you don't do is just say, "I've got all the ideas and all the knowledge, and listen to me. "

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Activists can get very preachy about things. It's more about understanding people's own experiences and tapping into them.

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The question, "When did you last listen to a poor person properly and try to understand what's going on inside their own experience?" enables you to connect.

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Often we're having an argument with something imaginary - a fixed idea of the "enemy" and the good. We need to get beyond that and actually develop a deep curiosity about people and systems and understand them better.

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We should look at how "the enemy" - people that you wouldn't necessarily agree with - have done change and see whether there's bits in there that we could learn from.

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