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“And, in fact, the truth about the black man, as a historical entity and as a human being, has been hidden from him, deliberately and cruelly; the power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“There appears to be a vast amount of confusion on this point, but I do not know many Negroes who are eager to be “accepted” by white people, still less to be loved by them; they, the blacks, simply don’t wish to be beaten over the head by the whites every instant of our brief passage on this planet.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“Smashing pumpkins and throwing muses was all very entertaining, but of no real benefit when things took off, literally.”
― The League of Gentlewomen Witches
― The League of Gentlewomen Witches
“I suppose it is in our nature,” she said finally. “When men fear the loss of what they know, they will follow any tyrant who promises to restore the old order.” “If that is our nature, then nature is madness. These are more dangerous times than we ever have known.” *”
― Unsheltered
― Unsheltered
“The world may be mean, but people don’t have to be, not if they refuse.”
― The Underground Railroad
― The Underground Railroad
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Carmen’s 2025 Year in Books
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