Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper.
Every sexy joke of long ago, every flirtation, is being recalled by some women and revised and re-evaluated as sexual harassment. Frivolous accusations reduce, if not eliminate, not only communication between men and women but any kind of playfulness and banter... Where has the laughter gone?
Accusations fit on a bumper sticker; the truth takes longer.
I fear no accusations.
Indians are sometimes accused of being condescending toward Westerners and of being excessively preachy in their attitude toward other nations. That accusation is sometimes correct.
Dictates are futile, and mutual accusations are nothing but useless word games.
Each time there is a conflict between Israel and Gaza, accusations fly over who started it, each side blaming the other.
What about the accusation that Hollywood is trying to advance its liberal agenda? Well, the fact is, while the creative community admittedly leans left, Hollywood has become a corporate town.
White folks, no matter how well-meaning or open-minded, have no true idea what it's like to be black in America. That's not a slam against white people or an accusation of latent bigotry. But the fact is that we all live in an Anglo-dominated society.
I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.
All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.
I am ready to accept all accusations, allegations, anger - but I have to succeed.
