Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful.
What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors.
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
Ask any Mexican, any Puerto Rican, any black man, any poor person - ask the wretched how they fare in the halls of justice, and then you will know, not whether or not the country is just, but whether or not it has any love for justice, or any concept of it. It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.
I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage.
From the time I was 8 years old I was on almost every radio show there was.
Programming in Go is like being young again (but more productive!).
I know and share the many sorrows a human being can experience, but I do not cling to them; they pass through me, like life itself, as a broad eternal stream. . . and life continues.
When you cook it should be an act of love. To put a frozen bag in the microwave for your child is an act of hate.