Sublime

On television I caught glimpses of the heroes of the Black Power movement. Muhammad Ali, Stokley Carmichael and Yuri Kochiyama were all preaching about the condition of black people, and Angela Davis was still regarded as the most dangerous person in the USA.

Barney Frank quipped to conservative Iowa congressman Steve King, who’d fought on the floor against the bill, “If hate crime legislation passes tomorrow, you’ll still be free to call me a fag.”