Since The Days Of Slavery, If You

Racism Is When You Have Laws Set Up, Systematically Put In A Way To Keep People From Advancing, To Stop The Advancement Of A People. Black People Have Never Had The Power To Enforce Racism, And So This Is Something That White America Is Going To Have To Work Out Themselves. If They Decide They Want To Stop It, Curtail It, Or To Do The Right Thing... Then It Will Be Done, But Not Until Then.

I'm Always Open. I Try Not To Have A Closed Mind. In Fact The Only Reason Why I'm Able To Continue To Make Films Since 1986 Is I Have Been Adaptable. If I Weren't Flexible I Sure Wouldn't Be Making Films This Many Years As I've Been Doing It. I've Been Making A Film A Year Almost Since 1986 And That's Hard. That Ain't Easy.

It Comes Down To This: Black People Were Stripped Of Our Identities When We Were Brought Here, And It's Been A Quest Since Then To Define Who We Are.

I Don't Dictate, You Don't Dictate To Stevie Wonder, Not Successfully.

If You Can't Take A Hit, You're Not Going To Last Long, That's For Sure.