Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.

In the World through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself.

Certain things need to be said if one is to avoid falsifying the problem.

To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture.

He who is reluctant to recognize me opposes me.

It is the white man who creates the Negro. But it is the negro who creates negritude.

When people like me, they like me "in spite of my color." When they dislike me; they point out that it isn't because of my color. Either way, I am locked in to the infernal circle.