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"The Western world is located somewhere between the Statue of Liberty and the pillar of salt."

Baldwin, James. The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reissued Edition (p. 73). Henry Holt and Co.. Kindle Edition.

"For you, or for me, for example, the missing child distorts, totally, the universe, but, for Authority, it is a statistic and, for bureaucracy, a detail. Only when these details and statistics begin to multiply is a public danger perceived."

Baldwin, James. The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reissued Edition (p. 45). Henry Holt and Co.. Kindle Edition.

"For you, or for me, for example, the missing child distorts, totally, the universe, but, for Authority, it is a statistic and, for bureaucracy, a detail. Only when these details and statistics begin to multiply is a public danger perceived."

Baldwin, James. The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reissued Edition (p. 45). Henry Holt and Co.. Kindle Edition.

"...the Northern city demolished, simply, any meaningful relationship at all between the Black and the White communities—indeed, it is not too much to say that the Northern city demolished all communities. In the North, we lived in neighbor(!)hoods."

Baldwin, James. The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reissued Edition (p. 33). Henry Holt and Co.. Kindle Edition.

"This meant, though, that I was approaching the quicksand of my ignorance and judgment had to be suspended."

Baldwin, James. The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reissued Edition (p. 5). Henry Holt and Co.. Kindle Edition.

'"The humanity of black children, of black men and women, of black lives, has ever been a conundrum for America. Forty years on, Baldwin’s writing reminds us that we have never resolved the core query: Do black lives matter?'"

Baldwin, James. The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reissued Edition (p. xv). Henry Holt and Co.. Kindle Edition.