The male cannot bear very much humiliation; and he really cannot bear it, it obliterates him.
James A. BaldwinPeople said that he was very nice, but I confess that his utter grotesqueness made me uneasy; perhaps in the same way that the sight of monkeys eating their own excrement turns some peopleโs stomachs. They might not mind so much if monkeys did not- so grotesquely- resemble human beings.
James A. BaldwinAn American Negro, however deep his sympathies, or however bright his rage, ceases to be simply a black man when he faces a black man from Africa.
James A. Baldwin