Art, especially Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera,Picasso, Museums, Anthropology--particularly Polynesian and other indigineous cultures, U.S. regional cultures such as Creole and Gullah,racial and sexual politics,religion.
People who aren't ignorant about foreign cultures.
Beatles, Beyonce, Creeper Lagoon, Garden State Soundtrack, Jay-Z, Journey, Lauryn Hill, No Doubt, Simon and Garfunkel, ,
Ali Amelie American Graffitti An American Rhasphody A Bronx Tale Crash Dead Man Walking Garden State The Green Mile Here On Earth The Last Kiss Little Miss Sunshine Lords of Dogtonw Malcom X Missisippi Burning Monsoon Wedding Munich Napoleon Dynamite Once Were Warriors The Pianist Ray Royal Tenebaums School of Rock Sling Blade Swing Kids Virgin Suicides Trainspotting Walk The Line Whale Rider
Big Love Shalom Sesame Scrubs Simpsons Family Guy History Channel Discovery Channel IFC Sundance
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Native Son by Richard Wright. "A Clean Well-lighted Place" by Ernest Hemingway, "A Perfect Day For Banana Fish" and other short stories by J.D. Salinger and Flannery O'Connor. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. Cane/Blood-Burning Moon by Jean Toomer Ceremony by Leslie Marmon-Silko In Country by Bobbie Mason. Various Taschen Books
Mom--of course--my Evan, civil rights workers and leaders and other social visionaries.