With 'Black Panther,' black artists were provided with the opportunity and agency to create art that captures the full range of their imaginative possibilities. It matters that Chadwick Boseman is the protagonist and is supported by a cast of nearly… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
Until affirmative action is described and understood as one mechanism by which to make amends for historical wrongdoing against members of marginalized communities, it… — Clint Smith Copy Share
If our principles are only our principles when it is convenient for us, when they align with our visceral emotional responses, then they are,… — Clint Smith Copy Share
The U.S. prison system, over all, disproportionately affects black and brown people, but people of color are overrepresented to a greater degree in private… — Clint Smith Copy Share
America's economy cannot be disentangled from the free labor that built it, just as America's culture cannot be unbound from the black artists who… — Clint Smith Copy Share
In sixth grade, my status as a Boy Scout was not something I went out of my way to share. In fact, I spent… — Clint Smith Copy Share
The history of racial violence in our country is both omnipresent and unspoken. It is a smog that surrounds us that few will admit… — Clint Smith Copy Share
If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have… — Clint Smith Copy Share
When the power of private prisons is diminished, so, too, is their ability to engage in back-door political lobbying that has an impact on… — Clint Smith Copy Share
Systemic racism always takes a toll, whether it be by bullet or by blood clot. — Clint Smith Copy Share
One does not read a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks with hopes that it will grant him a career in engineering; he does so because… — Clint Smith Copy Share
Education is a human right - a recognition of dignity that each person should be afforded. — Clint Smith Copy Share
Preparing oneself for the possibility of confronting racism triggers something that slowly chips away at physical and emotional well-being. — Clint Smith Copy Share
In my home, guns were not something to be earned or celebrated. Water guns and Nerf guns were not allowed outside. B.B. guns were… — Clint Smith Copy Share
If you're not shootin', you should be loadin'. If you're not loadin, you should be movin', if you're not movin', someone's gonna cut your… — Clint Smith Copy Share
If you only hear one side of the story, at some point, you have to question who the writer is. — Clint Smith Copy Share
