“Young people, these so-called revolutionaries, think they have some key, some big plan that’s going to save us. But what it took me a long, long time to understand is that you have to give up winning. Give it up! You think you give up your diploma now, and you’re gonna get some other trophy tomorrow. No.” He shook his head mournfully. “I watched them burn Watts in ’65. I wasn’t out there, but I was a young man and I understood in my bones why they did it. You know that kind of knowledge?”
