One Day, My Youngest Uncle - The

I Was As Content Off-broadway As I Was In A Big Hollywood Movie, And, I Just Try To Be Content Wherever I Am, You Know.

My Grandmother Though, Began To Prepare In Her Own Neurotic - And I Think Psychotic - Way To Face Racism. So She Taught Us To Be Racist, Which Is Something I Had To Undo Later When I Got To Michigan, You Know.

If You Live In An Oppressive Society, You've Got To Be Resilient. You Can't Let Each Little Thing Crush You. You Have Take Every Encounter And Make Yourself Larger, Rather Than Allow Yourself To Be Diminished By It.

We Children Learned Responsibility Automatically.

Before My Grandpa Built His Own Church, We Went To The Neighboring Town, And It Was A White Community. You Know, Up North, Mostly Middle European People And Indians, Chippewa Indians. We Were Welcome To That Church, But Once We Got In, They Didn't Know What To Do With Us.