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“I was also able to see that the principles governing the rites and customs of the churches in which I grew up did not differ from the principles governing the rites and customs of other churches, white. The principles were Blindness, Loneliness, and Terror, the first principle necessarily and actively cultivated in order to deny the two others.”
— Jan 09, 2024 02:25PM
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ariel
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— letter from a region in my mind:
essa segunda parte é densa, mas muito poderosa
“the power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions. So every attempt is made to cut that black man down—not only was made yesterday but is made today. Who, then, is to say with authority where the root of so much anguish and evil lies?”
— Jan 14, 2024 04:18PM
essa segunda parte é densa, mas muito poderosa
“the power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions. So every attempt is made to cut that black man down—not only was made yesterday but is made today. Who, then, is to say with authority where the root of so much anguish and evil lies?”
ariel
is 40% done
“We had the liquor, the chicken, the music, and each other, and had no need to pretend to be what we were not. This is the freedom that one hears in some gospel songs, for example, and in jazz. In all jazz, and especially in the blues, there is something tart and ironic, authoritative and double-edged.”
eu suspiro por essa escrita encantadora.
— Jan 10, 2024 12:17PM
eu suspiro por essa escrita encantadora.
