Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be who I am?

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived.

Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a woman as I am likely to want to love a man, and what about that? Isn't that what freedom implies?

I am not my body. My body is nothing without me.

You have a four-fold life to live: a body, a brain, a heart and a soul . . . these are your living tools. To use and develop them is not a task. . . . It is a golden opportunity.

I don't know where I belong, so I'm free. No one's got a hold on me.