One Must Learn How To Be Black

My Producers And I Worked With These Consultants And Came Up With Seventy [stories] Which We Think Are Exemplary Of The Larger Arc Of African-american History Between 1513 And 2013. We Covered Half A Millennium, And It's Amazing.

I First Learned That There Were Black People Living In Some Place Called Other Than The United States In The Western Hemisphere When I Was A Very Little Boy, And My Father Told Me That When He Was A Boy About My Age, He Wanted To Be An Episcopal Priest, Because He So Admired His Priest, A Black Man From Someplace Called Haiti.

Patriotism Is Best Exemplified Through Auto-critique.

People Don't Realize What A Brilliant Politician Lincoln Was. Looking Back, We Want To Ascribe A Level Of Providence To His Every Decision But He Was A Cunning And Calculating Politician; From The Cultivation Of His Image As A Hayseed From Illinois, To His Ability To Keep This Country Together Under Dire Circumstances.

I Got A Letter From This Lady Of Russian And Jewish Descent. She Asked Me If I Was A Racist Because I Didn't Do Any White People. I Was Shocked, Because My Mandate Is To Do Black Studies. It Would Have Never Occurred To Me If This Lady Hadn't Written This Letter. We Decided We Were Going Expand The Brand And Do Everybody.