It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development.
My individuality is my gift to my people.
We have laws on the books. If somebody's discriminating against you, I strongly advocate suing them. That's the most effective thing you can do in terms of fighting racism. People understand that they're vulnerable to lawsuit.
I wrote a piece in the New York Times back in the Nineties saying that racial discrimination ought to be a criminal offense, not just a civil one. I'm all for the criminalization of discrimination.
If you're getting harassed, it's not helpful to know that racism has generally declined in America, when you're still experiencing it. That is a reality that we're still vulnerable to.
I know that whatever power Shelby Steele has always comes out of the writing. I'm not the greatest television pundit or the best public speaker, so it's my writing that's most important.
What the Clintons have always done is embraced challenging. They can't have enough photo opportunities with Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. They communicate to blacks that they agree with their challenging identity. So, in a sense, Hillary is blacker than Barack Obama. Their alignment with this black identity makes them 'black' in a metaphorical sense, I guess.
Through learning we re-create ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we were never able to do.
Time and time again, history has proved that the conservatives are right and the liberals are wrong.
Men are not intelligent when it comes to cheating, but they're wise enough to choose a woman who will put up with it.
If I can win a Cup race, that would pretty much show my whole career that I've been able to win in everything I've gotten into.