“As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism.”
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Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems.
I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.