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The reason people...

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The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.

Source: A Dialogue (1973; with Nikki Giovanni), from a conversation, 4 Nov. 1971, in London.
-- James Baldwin, (Aug 2 1924-1987), US novelist, essayist; He was a noted spokesman for American blacks in 1950s-60s.


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