I Was A Member Of The Black

The Second Amendment Comes From The Right To Protect Themselves From Slave Revolts, And From Uprisings By Native Americans. A Revolt From People Who Were Stolen From Their Land Or Revolt From People Whose Land Was Stolen From, That's What The Genesis Of The Second Amendment Is.

[the Strike In 1968] Brought Us Together With Teachers And Also With Progressive Whites. All Of Us Came From Diverse Backgrounds, But At The Same Time The Reasons Why We Were At San Francisco State In The Late Sixties Was Because Of The Agitation And Movement Building That Had Occurred Within Our Communities. We Saw Ourselves Not Separate From The Community But Intimately Connected To It.

If We Look At Houston, Which Is A Very Environmentally Toxic Place, We Find That It Has One Of The Highest Levels Of Young Men Going To Prison And Also Among The Highest Levels Of Illiteracy In The Country.

Kids Made Fun Of Me Because I Was Dark Skinned, Had A Wide Nose, And Was Dyslexic. Even As An Actor, It Took Me A Long Time To Realize Why Words And Letters Got Jumbled In My Mind And Came Out Differently.

Just Look At The Cinema Itself: It's Comprised Of Lots Of Movies About Graphic Novels, And If You're Not 20 Years Old And Wearing A Cape And A Mask And White, You're Out Of Business. Today's Cinema Is A Proliferation Of Comedies, Which Are In Some Ways Creating Caricature Images. They're One-dimensional.