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In 1967, The Students At San Francisco State Invited The Poet Amiri Baraka To The Campus For A Semester. He Attracted Other Influential Black Writers Such As Sonia Sanchez, Ed Bullins, Eldridge Cleaver. What Emerged Was Something We Called The Community Communications Program. That's How I Got Involved; I Got Involved In A Little Play

I've Always Been Able To Make Choices That Don't Embarrass Me.

The Strike And Its Outcome Had An Enormous Impact On The System Of Education And On Our Lives As Well. The Strike Began As A Response To The College's Refusal To Hire Professor Nathan Hare [the So-called Father Of Black Studies], And Certainly Unified The College Around Issues Of Justice. These Issues Were Reflected In Many Communities: The Asian American Community, Hispanic Community, Native American Community.

Whole Ideology Of Consumption Almost To The Point Of Religion. Whether It's The Consumption Of Entertainment Or The Consumption Around Buying Things, We're So Caught Up With Our Appetites That We Don't Have A Clear Distinction About What We Need And What We Just Want. Plus, The Decline Of Trade Unions Is A Factor. When You Have Powerful Unions, You Have A Working Class That Is Politicized.

Hollywood Is Designed To Check The Box Office On Monday Morning And See: "how'd We Do? How Much?" It's Another Facet Of This Whole Culture Of Accumulation And Consumption. Black People Are Caught Up In It, White People Are Caught Up In It, White Actors, Black Actors, Female Actresses - Everybody's Caught Up In It.