I wouldn't mind being labeled as "angry," if it wasn't used once again to denigrate and belittle.
Jamaica KincaidI'm writing out of desperation. I felt compelled to write to make sense of it to myself - so I don't end up saying peculiar things like 'I'm black and I'm proud.' I write so I don't end up as a set of slogans and clichรฉs.
Jamaica Kincaid