Atheist Jews double crossers stole our [black peopleโs] secrets. . . . They give us to worship a dead Jew and not ourselves . . . . Selling fried potatoes and people, the little arty bastards talking arithmetic they sucked from the arabโs head.
Amiri BarakaI'd say I'm a revolutionary optimist. I believe that the good guys -the people- are going to win.
Amiri Baraka