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"the first chapter is better in german. better at conveying narrative distance" — Feb 16, 2024 01:32PM
"the first chapter is better in german. better at conveying narrative distance" — Feb 16, 2024 01:32PM
“The oppressed will always believe the worst about themselves.”
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“The Negro enslaved by his inferiority, the white man enslaved by his superiority alike behave in accordance with a neurotic orientation.”
― Black Skin, White Masks
― Black Skin, White Masks
“I am black; I am in total fusion with the world, in sympathetic affinity with the earth, losing my id in the heart of the cosmos -- and the white man, however intelligent he may be, is incapable of understanding Louis Armstrong or songs from the Congo. I am black, not because of a curse, but because my skin has been able to capture all the cosmic effluvia. I am truly a drop of sun under the earth.”
― Black Skin, White Masks
― Black Skin, White Masks
“...There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it.”
― Black Skin, White Masks
― Black Skin, White Masks
“Negroes
Sweet and docile,
Meek, humble, and kind:
Beware the day
They change their minds!
Wind
In the cotton fields,
Gentle breeze:
Beware the hour
It uproots trees!”
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Sweet and docile,
Meek, humble, and kind:
Beware the day
They change their minds!
Wind
In the cotton fields,
Gentle breeze:
Beware the hour
It uproots trees!”
―
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