Black teenagers are not responsible for being born in the violence-prone conditions of the urban ghetto. Unless we give them hope in themselves and in this nation, they will be lost. The same is true for all races of people. We must declare where we stand on the great issues of our time. Racism is one of them.
Poverty is another.
Class exploitation another. We must break the cycle of violence in America and around the world. Human beings are meant for life and not death. They are meant for freedom and not slavery. They were created for each other and not against each other.