“In principle, it was easy to support the civil rights movement in Mississippi or Washington or on the streets of Detroit. Of course, it was right. But feeling- now, there's a war zone full of land mines which could blow to smithereens any right-thinking individual. And that of course is the territory of race.” RaceRace Relations In America Book:Skin Deep: Black Women & White Women Write About Race Source: Skin Deep: Black Women & White Women Write About Race