People Are Afraid, And When People Are

For As Long As I Can Remember, I Have Been Passionately Intrigued By 'africa,' By The Word Itself, By Its Flora And Fauna, Its Topographical Diversity And Grandeur; But Above All Else, By The Sheer Variety Of The Colors Of Its People, From Tan And Sepia To Jet And Ebony.

My Earliest Childhood Memory Is Of My Father Going Crazy When The Giants Won The World Series In 1954. He Started Whoopin' And Hollerin' And Jumpin' Up And Down All Around The Living Room. I Started Crying Because He Scared Me To Death.

Most Black Leaders, Whether Left, Right Or Center, From Frederick Douglas And Martin Delaney On In The Middle Of The 19th Century Have Not Even Wondered About The Merits Of The Capitalist System.

My Father And I Made Genetics History. We Were The First African-americans And The First Father And Son Anywhere To Have Their Genomes Sequenced.

Color Categories Are On Steroids In Latin America. I Find That Fascinating. It's Very Difficult For Americans, Particularly African-americans To Understand Or Sympathize With.