This idea of ‘cool capitalism’ is still capitalism. It doesn’t matter if Elon Musk quotes Nas. Boots Riley Read Quote
Sometimes my influences are really on my sleeve. So I just make sure to wear a lot of sleeves. Boots Riley Read Quote
My father is from North Carolina, and he got rid of his drawl really fast. He’s very much about speaking correctly, enunciating in certain ways. Boots Riley Read Quote
I’d been working since I was eleven so I could buy my own comic books. I was that kid knocking on your door, selling subscriptions to the paper and crying because I wasn’t going to sell that last paper that would allow me to go to Disneyland. Boots Riley Read Quote
If you tell a story that’s only allegory, then it doesn’t help you at all. If it doesn’t bring some emotional charge, then it’s just talking about something. Boots Riley Read Quote
The things you have to do to be effective – like forming a union at a fast food joint or a telemarketing company – aren’t going to work unless you do things like solidarity strikes. Solidarity strikes are illegal. They’ve been illegal since the ’40s, and they were made illegal because they work. Boots Riley Read Quote
That existential crisis is something you rarely see portrayed by black characters; the idea that people think about their own existence and that they have hopes and dreams is taken away from people of color in their representation. Boots Riley Read Quote
The ultimate credo of capitalism is to exploit people. It’s not like this is just an incidental problem; it’s inherent in the system. Boots Riley Read Quote
