I very much dislike the word "race," and I never use it. I use the word "racist." Race is not a fact. There is only one race: human. Skin color is less than 2 percent of the DNA.
Tillie OlsenIt is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.
Tillie OlsenI could not live by literature if only to begin with, because of the slow maturing of my work and its special character.
Tillie Olsen