“The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues that were happening in places like Detroit, where there was a deep process of deindustrialization going on. So you have this response of angry young people, with a war going on in Vietnam, a poverty program that was insufficient, and police brutality. All these things gave rise to the black power movement. The black power movement was not a separation from the civil rights movement, but a continuation of this whole process of democratization.” PeopleWarWholeYoungPoliticalProcessBlackDealsCitiesPovertyIssuesRightsMovementHappeningsProgramPoliceAngryResponseSeparationCivil RightsVietnamPolice BrutalityBrutalityCivil Rights MovementDetroitInsufficientContinuumDemocratizationBlack PowerDisenfranchisement Author:Danny Glover
“Mother Earth is in pain and ailing - bglobal warming. The world is dealing with issues of immigration, deindustrialization, and poverty. When I was born, there were 2.5 billion people living on the whole planet. Now there are 2.5 billion people living on less than $2 a day. That's the kind of reality we have to deal with.” PeopleWorldKindWholeRealityEarthPainMotherBornDealsPovertyIssuesPlanetsBillionsImmigrationGlobal WarmingLiving OnMother Earth Author:Danny Glover
“Whole ideology of consumption almost to the point of religion. Whether it's the consumption of entertainment or the consumption around buying things, we're so caught up with our appetites that we don't have a clear distinction about what we need and what we just want. Plus, the decline of trade unions is a factor. When you have powerful unions, you have a working class that is politicized.” WantNeedsIdeasWholePowerfulClassClearTradeUnionsCaughtEntertainmentFactorsIdeologyBuyingDistinctionPlusAppetiteDeclineConsumptionWorking ClassCaught UpTrade UnionsBuying Things Author:Danny Glover
“Hollywood is designed to check the box office on Monday morning and see: "How'd we do? How much?" It's another facet of this whole culture of accumulation and consumption. Black people are caught up in it, white people are caught up in it, white actors, black actors, female actresses - everybody's caught up in it.” PeopleWholeCultureActorsBlackWhiteMorningOfficeFemaleHollywoodCaughtBoxesActressesChecksBlack PeopleConsumptionCaught UpMondayAccumulationFacetsMonday MorningBox Office Author:Danny Glover
“The black power movement was not a separation from the civil rights movement, but a continuation of this whole process of democratization.” WholeProcessBlackRightsMovementSeparationCivil RightsCivil Rights MovementContinuationDemocratizationBlack Power Author:Danny Glover
“We live in a climate of fear, and because of this whole ideology of consumption almost to the point of religion.” WholeClimateIdeologyConsumption Author:Danny Glover
