It has been my experience that because of institutional and individual racism

Q.
Why did you think that?
A.
Because of the policies of the government.
Q.
What policies?
A.
The racism, blatant racism that was allowed to be practiced in a country
against African-Americans and other minorities, oppression of the
communities across America, unemployment, the wealth of the country,
unequal distribution of the wealth of the country.
Q.
Do you think the government was involved in racism?
A.
Yes, I do.
Q.
How so?
A.
Because they allowed the racist practices of the country: African-
Americans couldn’t move into certain neighborhoods, they couldn’t get
certain jobs, other minorities, and the government failed to enforce
constitutional rights to every citizen in this country, to live where they
wanted, to work if they were qualified, to have access to education,
opportunities that were not based upon the color of their skin.
Q.
You felt that’s what existed in the 1970s?
A.
I knew it, I lived it, I saw it, I experienced it personally.
Q.
Do you still believe that today?
A.
I still think there is a lot of racism in this country.
Q.
Do you still think the American government is corrupt?
A.
Oh, yeah. . . . I think the government has a responsibility to all its citizens.
I think they have a responsibility to protect them from events that take
place in society they have no control over, such as unemployment—and I
think the government has an obligation when unemployment, when this
country goes through a recession that the federal government has an
obligation to make sure that all its citizens have adequate homes,
clothing, food, medical care, education and opportunities, and when the
federal government or state government refuses to do this, I think that is a
form of corruption.