“What is really tragic about education particularly at a higher level in our nation right now, is that it has become something to be that is about the marketplace. Theres a lot of repression that students begin to do because they want to prepare themselves for the marketplace, for getting the money, getting the power, getting the status, and getting the fame. And that means you can’t always say what you wanna say.”

“I often ask African friends who have immigrated to America what most struck them when they arrived. Their answer is always a variation on a theme—the loneliness. It’s the empty suburban street in the middle of the day, maybe with a lone mother pushing a baby carriage on the sidewalk but nobody else around.”