"We need to look beyond the obvious. Yes, there are minstrel images in hip-hop. Yes, there are demeaning, anti-racist, misogynistic and homophobic representations. We could make the same case about the church and our government. But hip-hop, like society, isn't one dimensional."

-- Bakari Kitwana

#Government Quotes #Hip Hop Quotes #Church Quotes

“There is no difference in principle, ... between the economic philosophy of Nazism, socialism, communism, and fascism and that of the American welfare state and regulated economy.”
“For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know”
“People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.”
“If you're ordering me an edible arrangement to say thanks, I'd prefer a meat one.”
“Living in the middle of beautiy like this, we've no call to have puny ideas about God. Why do you suppose His world is so fancy-fine, so full of wonderment if He doesn't want everything to be good and perfect and right and healthy? But we can spoil His good work. When we mess things up, then we shouldn't blame Him and try to make ourselves feel better by contending that it's what He wanted.”
“The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.”
“Journeying through secret doors, curving corridors, and connecting rooms into the mountain was like being digested by the different organs of a deity.”
“In politics, sunny days and rainy days can change very quickly.”

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