I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s having observed some distortions up close but since then I wouldn't say that my personal experience has remained an important motive for my writing about media.
I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.
The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is...
The climate the economic situation rising birth rates none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.