Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.
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In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me-it's nothing else but color.
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For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.
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You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say?
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Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
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