Our dehumanization of the Negro then is indivisible from our dehumanization of ourselves; the loss of our own … - James A. Baldwin

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I feel vulnerable when I am underprepared. This applies to underpreparedness with just about anything, especially work.

James A. Baldwin

Our dehumanization of the Negro then is indivisible from our dehumanization of ourselves; the loss of our own identity is the price we pay for our annulment of his.

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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

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Ask any Mexican, any Puerto Rican, any black man, any poor person - ask the wretched how they fare in the halls of justice, and then you will know, not whether or not the country is just, but whether or not it has any love for justice, or any concept of it. It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

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I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

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To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage.

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Today, President Obama finally met with BP's CEO, Tony Hayward, but the meeting was only scheduled 20 minutes. Call me crazy, but I think it should take more time to discuss an oil spill than it does to get your oil checked.

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