The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.
I've always said, 'I am a selector, I am not defector' - the first few phrases in English I learned. I said I hate 'defector'; something defective about the people. It's a bad word.