James Baldwin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

James Baldwin quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased educator born on Aug 2, 1924). These are the last 5 out of 15 quotes we have for him.

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“The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.”

“The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.”

“We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.”

“The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.”

“It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.”

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