“The upside of being a part of a post-civil rights generation is that black folks really are more diverse. But the flash point for that diversity is caught up in Hip Hop. So you have a generation that says, 'I'm gonna wear my sneakers, and I'm gonna wear my pants how I like themThen you have a generation that says, 'I did not get bit by dogs for you to conduct yourself this way. Then the younger generation says, 'Yes, you did. This is what freedom means.'” WayMeanBitsBlackRightsGenerationsDogDiversityFolksCaughtHip HopCivil RightsHipsPostsHopsPantsFlashDiverseCaught UpYounger GenerationSneakers Author:Reginald Hudlin
“I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi.” BlackWhiteRightsMovementFolksCivil RightsFrightenedCivil Rights MovementMississippi Author:Dick Gregory
“... the outcome of the Clarence Thomas hearings and his subsequent appointment to the Supreme Court shows how misguided, narrow notions of racial solidarity that suppress dissent and critique can lead black folks to support individuals who will not protect their rights.” ShowsIndividualBlackSupportRightsProtectCourtNotionFolksHearingSupremeCivil RightsOutcomesSolidaritySupreme CourtDissentCritiqueAppointmentsMisguided Author:Bell Hooks
“I wish the women's rights folks would be more sensible. I think women have a great deal to learn, before they are fit to vote.” ThinkingWould BeWishDealsRightsFitVoteFolksSensibleWomens Rights Author:Ellen Swallow Richards
“Folks are obviously reluctant to do things that they don't feel comfortable with, and the conservative nature of the state is such that they can understand property rights.” FeelsStatesNatureRightsComfortablePropertyFolksConservativeReluctantProperty Rights Author:Jesse Lee Peterson
“Just across the ocean in, say Kenya or Tanzania, a two-gender system is vital for the survival of most of the folks who live there. Men do men's work, women do women's work, and so it all gets done and the jackals can't get into the hut and eat grandpa. So, the future of the transgender movement is like the future of all human rights movements: whatever the state of things in your area now, with some work it all gets a little bit better all the time, even if it is sometimes three steps ahead and two steps back.” IfsMenHumansLittlesTwoSometimesStatesDoneThreeBitsStepsRightsMovementOceanLittle BitSurvivalAreasFolksHuman RightsGenderWorking ItTransgenderKenyaGrandpaHutsTanzaniaJackals Author:Kate Bornstein
“Few Americans realize it, but the United Nations is driving to take control over the Internet. You remember, the folks who want a worldwide income tax and who put Syria and Iran on their Human Rights Committee.” WantHumansRememberNationsRealizingUnitedRightsInternetTaxesFolksHuman RightsDrivingIncomeIranSyriaCommitteesUnited NationsIncome TaxTake Control Author:Arthur L. Herman
“Yes. My mother was and still is a Folk Singer. She was very involved in the political movements for Unions and Civil rights. She sang with Pete Seeger among others. My father was an Actor.” StillsPoliticalMotherActorsFatherRightsMovementInvolvedUnionsFolksSingersCivil RightsPolitical Movements Author:Vicki Sue Robinson
“We need to invade Michigan and rebuild the state from the ground up. We will be greeted as liberators, we have clear supply lines, and we can easily rebuild the auto industry with the kind of money we spend on other countries we invade. Hell, our new Secretary of State, Hillary of Clinton, spent the better part of the past year fighting for the rights of average folks from Michigan, so think of the good will we have with the public. This is very doable. Just tell Congress we will give KBR no-bid contracts to fix Detroit.” ThinkingNeedsGivingYearsKindCountryStatesPastFightingLinesHellClearRightsIndustryClintonCongressAverageFolksContractsOther CountriesSecretaryGood WillDetroitMichiganLiberatorsAuto Industry Author:John Cole