For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.

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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not...

A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not...

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to...

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to...

I'm a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me.

I'm a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me.

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.

If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.

In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant...

In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant...

Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.

Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet,...

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet,...

Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.

Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.

I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the...

I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the...

Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are...

Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are...

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the...

I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the...

It's been mentioned or suggested that Paradise will not be well studied, because it's about...

It's been mentioned or suggested that Paradise will not be well studied, because it's about...

I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question...

I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question...

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.

In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written...

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written...

Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in...

Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in...

A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They...

A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They...