Racism Cannot Be Separated From Capitalism.

Not Only The Brothers On The Street But The Middle Class Brothers Are Also Identifying With The Gangster Rappers Because Of The Extent To Which This Music Circulates. It Becomes Possible For The - Not Only The Young Middle Class Men, But It Becomes Possible For Young Middle Class White Men And Young Men Of Other Racial Communities To Identify With The Misogyny Of Gangster Rap.

I Think It's Important For Us To Recognize That Although Historically Black Communities Have Been Very Progressive With Respect To Issues Of Race And With Respect To Struggles For Racial Equality, That Does Not Necessarily Translate Into Progressive Positions On Gender Issues, Progressive Positions On Issues Of Sexuality And In The Latter 1990s We Have To Recognize The Intersectionality, The Interconnectedness Of All Of These Institutions And Attitudes.

Human Beings Cannot Be Willed And Molded Into Non-existence.

Imprisonment Has Become The Response Of First Resort To Far Too Many Of Our Social Problems.

It Doesn't Surprise Me That Aspect Of The Black Nationalist Movement, The Cultural Side, Has Triumphed Because That Is The Aspect Of The Movement That Was Most Commodifiable And When We Look At The Commodification Of Blackness We're Looking At A Phenomenon That's Very Profitable And It's Connection With The Rise Of A Black Middle Class I Think Is Very Obvious.