In a sense the quest for the emancipation of black people in the U.S. has always been a quest for economic liberation which means to a certain extent that the rise of black middle class would be inevitable.

And I guess what I would say is that we can't think narrowly about movements for black liberation and we can't necessarily see this class division as simply a product or a certain strategy that black movements have developed for liberation.

What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of black people who are more impoverished than ever before.

I always wanted to be the outlaw. And that's to a certain extent how I've lived.

Meetings are a middle class kind of thing, and we want to value the voice of people who can't come to meetings.

All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent.