Just try to be yourself and resist complacency and ignorance. All you can do is work, work; work and be disciplined.
Raoul Peck[James] Baldwin explained that you have your own history, and that you cannot be responsible, for example, for slavery.
Raoul PeckThe role James Baldwin played in my life is incommensurable as stated above. He helped, along with a few others, to shape the man that I am today. My debt to him is invaluable.
Raoul Peck[James] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important.
Raoul Peck[James] Baldwin was a revelation for me, the kind of revelation that follows you all your life because you can go back to it. It's not just about stories. It's about philosophy. It's about criticizing the world. It's about deconstructing the world around you.
Raoul PeckI started to read James Baldwin very early on in my life. At a time, as a young adult in the Sixties, when there were not that many authors in whom I could recognize myself, he was an important guide and mentor to me as he was to many others. He helped me understand who I was and decipher the world around me. He gave me the words to defend myself and the argumentative rhetoric to master discussions with others.
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