1. 14:21 2nd Aug 2011

    Notes: 4

    Tags: james baldwinhappy birthdayracevideopowernaminglanguagepoststructuralism

    “What you say about anyone else reveals you. White people invented [‘the nigger’]. I have known since I was 17 years old that what you invented was not me. I have always known that I am not ‘the nigger’…and if it is true that your invention reveals you, then who is ‘the nigger’? You still think, I gather, that ‘the nigger’ is necessary. Well he’s unnecessary to me, but he must be necessary to you. So I give you your problem back: you’re ‘the nigger’, baby, it isn’t me.”

     
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