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The ABCs of Black History

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“[...] ilość ludzi pozbawionych punktu zaczepienia ciągle wzrasta. Szary człowiek nie ma nic, nie posiada nic. Zatracił poczucie i wspomnienie swojej przeszłości, jego rozumowanie nie może być "dalszym ciągiem", bo on sam nie uważa się za "dalszy ciąg". Jest anonimem poczętym z niczego, bez korzeni, podatnym na każdy podmuch ideologiczny, na wiaterki i wichury rozpętywane coraz zręczniej i perfidniej. Szary człowiek zatracił samodzielność w każdej dziedzinie życia. Utraciwszy wolność fizyczną i tracąc ją coraz bardziej, zatraca wolność wewnętrzną, ostatnią redutę człowieczeństwa. I właściwie nie chce jej. Dziś szary człowiek nie chce wolności. Dlatego z taką łatwością nagina kark pod coraz to nowe jarzma. Nie mając nic, czuje się na każdym kroku zagrożony. Bez przeszłości, lęka się teraźniejszości i przyszłości. Lęk ten powiększa się, rośnie z każdym dziesiątkiem lat. Za miraż bezpiecznej przyszłości, za fatamorganę ideologiczną teraźniejszości daje z entuzjazmem swą wolność - rzecz bez wartości, gdy w końcu nic się naprawdę nie posiada. Masa dziś tęskni za kajdanami, jest ślepa, jest w każdej chwili gotowa zamienić swoją bezwartościową resztkę własności - na obietnice i stryczek. I będzie je miała. Tego w najbliższej i dalekiej przyszłości nie braknie.”

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“Apes will talk (Naskaristana 2728) Every time a human disrupts convention, apes will talk. Every time a human chooses humanity over nation, apes will talk. Every time a human loves across culture and border, apes will talk. Every time a human marries same gender, apes will talk. Every time a human chooses to abort, apes will talk. Every time a human refuses misogyny and toxic masculinity, apes will talk. Apes will talk, and it hardly matters - opinion of the apes is irrelevant in human affairs.”

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“People talk about the happy quiet that can exist between two loves, but this, too, was great; sitting between his sister and his brother, saying nothing, eating. Before the world existed, before it was populated, and before there were wars and jobs and colleges and movies and clothes and opinions and foreign travel -- before all of these things there had been only one person, Zora, and only one place: a tent in the living room made from chairs and bed-sheets. After a few years, Levi arrived; space was made for him; it was as if he had always been. Looking at them both now, Jerome found himself in their finger joints and neat conch ears, in their long legs and wild curls. He heard himself in their partial lisps caused by puffy tongues vibrating against slightly noticeable buckteeth. He did not consider if or how or why he loved them. They were just love: they were the first evidence he ever had of love, and they would be the last confirmation of love when everything else fell away.”

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