He goes out on that street where most people are afraid to be, he ignores the threats of the gangs, and he gets through to kids primarily because he's not afraid. He deals straight and they know it. But he won't quit. I listen to these people who are supposed to be so smart and they say the problem is whitey, or the government or the system or the police, but they never say what the problem really is. The problem is us.
Black people are their own worst enemies.
Ask a black kid on the street who he admires and probably will be the local drug dealer or that cross-dressing freak Dennis Rodman. We don't have to worry about white people. All they got to do is sit back and wait for us to do ourselves in. Shouldn't take long. A teenaged couple comes into the coffee shop and joins Watkins in the booth.