artremi
10.10.08, 02:51
From Dreams of My Father:'I ceased to advertise my mother's race at
the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was
ingratiating myself to whites.'
From Dreams of My Father : 'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive
sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race.'
From Dreams of My Father:'There was something about him that made me
wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.'
From Dreams of My Father: 'It remained necessary to prove which side
you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out
and name names.'
From Dreams of My Father:'I never emulate white men and brown men
whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image,
the black man, son of Africa , that I'd packed all the attributes I
sought in myself , the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and
Mandela.'
And FINALLY the Most Damning one of ALL of them!!!
From Audacity of Hope:'I will stand with the Muslims should the
political winds shift in an ugly direction.'
