People create the sort of myths they want to believe about themselves. — Clint Smith About Copy Share Image
Living under the perpetual and pervasive threat of racism seems, for black men and black women, to quite literally reduce lifespans. — Clint Smith Black Copy Share Image
One of the most significant factors contributing to the chasm of educational opportunity is the way that schools are funded. — Clint Smith Education Copy Share Image
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle,… — Clint Smith Atomic bomb Copy Share Image
My poetry is me trying to reconcile my own life and opportunities I've had with opportunities my students aren't given and how… — Clint Smith Life Copy Share Image
'A Talk to Teachers' is emblematic of Baldwin's proclivity for candor over political appeasement and, like much of his work, focusses on… — Clint Smith American Copy Share Image
Schools shouldn't have to choose between serving a student with special needs or cutting an art class, laying off teachers or using… — Clint Smith Art Copy Share Image
History has proven that art depicting black people cannot be disentangled from the political implications that such art has on their lives.… — Clint Smith Art Copy Share Image
Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it! — Clint Smith Gun Copy Share Image
“Just as he did during the Slavery at Monticello tour, David did not mince words. "There’s a chapter in Notes on the… — Clint Smith African americans Copy Share Image
“To deny the full humanity of others is to deny it within ourselves.” — Clint Smith Nature of man Copy Share Image
The death penalty not only takes away the life of the person strapped to the table - it takes away a little… — Clint Smith Death Copy Share Image
To operate with the aspiration of color-blindness in a country whose central operating mechanism for centuries has been race belies the logic… — Clint Smith Black Copy Share Image
New Orleans taught me that mourning takes many different forms. Where I'm from, mourning is spirited. It is loud. — Clint Smith Grief Copy Share Image
