Criticism shouldn't be a performance that upstages the work it's talking about. — 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 Image
It's not nothing when you're abroad and you don't have a washing machine. — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
