“Suicide is the dumbest possible way of getting revenge. Why is that? Because the people you want to strike back at are the very same folks who won't even remember you a week after you're gone, while the people you want to spare most -- the people who love you -- are the ones who will have to live with the pain of your suicide for the rest of their lives.” PeopleWayWantPainRememberGoneWeekLove YouSuicideFolksRevengeStrikesSparesRemember YouRemembers YouStrike BackGetting Revenge Author:David J. Lieberman
“. . .there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions, stress, and pain of constant exploitation and oppression.” PlayPainBlackElementsStressConstantFolksOppressionTensionExploitation Book:Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life Source: Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life