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There's No Question That The Black Middle Class Has Benefited Greatly By The Civil Rights Movement. But There Is A Large Black Underclass That Does Not Have Access To Jobs. If There's No Clear Road To Income And Status Except Crime, We Should Expect Social Problems. You Can't Solve This Problem Without Addressing The Economic Issues, And The Same Is True With Gender.

I'm Against Suppression Of Pornography. If You Suppress Guns - Yes; If You Want To Suppress Poverty - Yes. These Are The Obscenities, The Real Brutalization Of People. I Am Almost More Outraged By Ads For Blue Jeans Or Cars That Sort Of Blatantly Depict Women Not Only As Sex Objects, But Women That Look Younger Than The Age Of Consent, Looking Like They've Just Been Raped Or Asking To Be Raped-utterly Passive Sex Objects.

I Can't Point To Any Major Episodes Of Sexual Discrimination In My Early Life. But I Was So Aware Of The Crime, The Shame That There Was No Use Of My Mother's Ability And Energy.

A Woman Has Got To Be Able To Say, And Not Feel Guilty, 'who Am I, And What Do I Want Out Of Life?' She Mustn't Feel Selfish And Neurotic If She Wants Goals Of Her Own, Outside Of Husband And Children.

Aging Will Create The Music Of The Coming Century.