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Black Americans' experience gives them no reason to respect standards white America claims but does not live by
Drawn from what James Baldwin said
SubjectAmerica
What James Baldwin actually said
- James Baldwin American writer and civil rights activist (1924 to 1987)
But the Negro's experience of the white world cannot possibly create in him any respect for the standards by which the white world claims to live. His own condition is overwhelming proof that white people do not live by these standards.
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↗The Fire Next Time (Vintage International, 2013 edition)books.google.com
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