“I think the most harmful belief passed on to me - not always directly - was the belief that whatever I did as a Negro, however much we Negroes achieved, despite the presence of some enlightened whites, white society as a whole enjoyed being racists in the secret core of their being and would never, ever give that up.” ThinkingGivingWholeBeliefWhiteSecretCoreDespiteEnjoyedEnlightenedRacist Author:Margo Jefferson
“The world I grew up in had both a literal and mythological quality. We were on the borders of several worlds - the larger black world bordered us on one side. More distantly, there was the larger white world. We interacted with some, but not others. If you think of it as an internal geography, it is a land, a contested space with these very charged historical, cultural, and emotional borders.” ThinkingWorldBlackQualityEmotionalHistoricalGeography Author:Margo Jefferson
“We talk about how we think, believe, suspect Michael Jackson treats children. We don't talk about how WE treat child stars. Child stars are abused by the culture. And what's more treacherous than when the rewards of child stardom issue from the abuse? Child stars are performers above all else. Whenever their triumps, they are going to make sure we see everyone of their scars. That's the final price of admission.” ThinkingBelieveChildrenCultureStarsIssuesTreatsAbuseRewardsFinalsSuspectsPerformersScarAdmissionTreacherousStardom Author:Margo Jefferson
