Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs.

September 11 2011 in a Jazz à la Villette concert at the Grande Halle in Paris the Red Bull Music Academy World Tour premiered 3 new songs with lyrics by Ishmael Reed performed by Macy Gray Tony Allen members of The Roots David Murray and his Big Band Amp Fiddler and Fela! singer/dancers. 2007
Hume. The Review of Contemporary Fiction Volume 4 Number 2 Summer 1984.

Reed's work has often sought to represent neglected African and African-American perspectives his energy and advocacy have centered more broadly on neglected peoples and perspectives irrespective of their cultural origins. Ishmael Scott Reed (born February 22 1938) is an American poet essayist playwright and novelist. Reed is known for his satirical works challenging American political culture and highlighting political and cultural oppression.