Speaking honestly is a fundamental principle of today's black artist. He has given up the futile practice of speaking to whites, and has begun to speak to his brothers.
Source: Cultural Strangulation: Black Literature and the White Aesthetic, The Black Aesthetic, 1971.
-- Addison Gayle, Jr, (Jun 2 1932-1991), US educator, critic, author; He published numerous volumes, including The Way of the New World,and edited the important anthology The Black Aesthetic, 1971.