“Whether the issue was black political power or nuclear power, Scott-Heron didn't mince words. His comeback record, "I'm New Here," doesn't mince words either, but instead of political battles, these songs suggest he's fighting personal ones.” PoliticalSongFightingBlackIssuesRecordsBattleNuclearComebackPolitical PowerNuclear PowerHerons Author:Will Hermes
“Two parents can't raise a child any more than one. You need a whole community - everybody - to raise a child. And the little nuclear family is a paradigm that just doesn't work. It doesn't work for white people or for black people. Why are we hanging onto it, I don't know. It isolates people into little units - people need a larger unit.” PeopleKnowsNeedsChildrenLittlesTwoWholeParentBlackCommunityWhiteFamilyRaisesNuclearWorking ItBlack PeopleUnitsParadigmNuclear Families Book:Conversations with Toni Morrison Source: Conversations with Toni Morrison
“It is not productive to see things in simple black and white, and talk in either anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear terms.” BlackTermSimpleWhiteNuclearProductiveBlack And White Author:Yoshihiko Noda
“Faith should be pulled into the public arena when it affects how we live. If it doesn't, it does no earthly good. What does my faith say about the fact that a girl can't be a nuclear physicist because she's black and from the inner city? My faith says, no, that's not what God intended. It pulls it back into the public arena the idea that there's got to be something fair for all of us.” IfsShouldDoeIdeasFactsGirlBlackCitiesFairsNuclearArenaPhysicistInner City Author:Jeremiah Wright
“There is no morality in the mushroom cloud. The black rain of nuclear ashes will fall alike on the just and the unjust. And then it will be too late to wish that we had done the real work of this atomic age, which is to seek a world that is neither red nor dead.” WorldRealDoneAgeFallWishBlackMoralityLateRedRainCloudsNuclearToo LateAshesUnjustMushroomsReal Work Author:Edward Kennedy