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Famous James A. Baldwin Quotes
“A real writer is always shifting and changing and searching.”
“It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.”
“What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors.”
“To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage.”
“A ghetto can be improved in one way only: out of existence.”
“This world is white no longer, and it will never be white again.”
“If you think too far ahead, if you even try to think too far ahead, you'll never make it.”