Confidence Is The Mark Of A Hopeful

Somehow We Can't Live Outside The Politics Of Race. There's Something Very Deep In All Of Us, That Is Taught To Us When We Are Very, Very Little. Which Is The Disrespect And Fear Of The Other.

Those In The Margins Are Always Trying To Get To The Center, And Those At The Center, Frequently In The Name Of Tradition, Are Trying To Keep The Margins At A Distance.

I Was A Mimic When I Was A Child. I Mimicked The Teacher And Made Friends That Way, Actually. That Was A Very Subversive Activity, Because I Was A Goody-goody Who Never Got In Trouble. But If I Went Off In The Corner And Mimicked The Teacher, People Loved It.

You Can't Teach Talent. You Can't Teach Inspiration. You Can Teach People Critical Facilities. You Can Give Them Techniques. You Can Teach Discipline. And You Can Teach Them About The Business.

I Think We Need Leadership That Helps Us Remember That Part Of What We Are About Is Caring About More Than The Person Right Next To Us, But The Folks Across The Way.