Economic justice is not just something blacks are crying out for; whites are desperate for it, too. But in the public imagination, the face of poverty is black. In all actuality, the face of poverty is white. — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
As for the not-black black president issue - white people can imagine blacks worse off than them, no problem. And now they can imagine… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
It's not nothing when you're abroad and you don't have a washing machine. — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
What happened after World War I was disgraceful. Most veterans, like my great-uncle, were squashed back into place. Congress couldn't pass an anti-lynching bill.… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
I think that the Vietnam War era is important because we tend not to want to revisit it. For black people, there was the… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
“Some books you never get over, like a first love. Some books that made an enormous impression on you when you were young you… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
It's not true that voting doesn't make a difference. To check out is political suicide. This is especially true for our young black artists.… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
Obama can't be everything to everyone. He changed. He did. I never thought I'd hear Obama say, "Let's go back to nuclear arms," but… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
Hillary certainly needs the black vote, and Democrats need it. She's not doing anything too soon; she's raising her money and not wanting any… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
It's important for the progressive youth to remember that the agenda you set today is the agenda that will matter tomorrow. If you are… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
People from Europe and people from Africa encountered one another long before the invention of "Europe" and "Africa" and "white people" and "black people." — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
Being a liberal progressive has been demonized as anti-white or overly on the side of blacks. There's nothing that can be done about that;… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
In her excellent, entirely readable Richard Wright, Hazel Rowley accomplishes what [previous biographer] Michel Fabre would have liked to do with once-guarded letters, aging… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
I think at the beginning of one's writing life, negative reviews are what one does to get attention and stake out your territory. It's… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
Freedom is having real choice. This offers a limited amount of choices. This is participating in a very imperfect system that we're desperately hanging… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share
