I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics but kind of civic engagement and that kind of thing except I tended to think 'Well do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.'
I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it.
The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is...
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy if not you'll become a philosopher.