Baldwin is giving me life today...TAKE THIS HAMMER. Well, I know this, Anyones whose tried to live knows this: That what you say about anyone else... reveals you. What I think of you as being, Is dictated by my own necessities, My own psychology, my own fears and desires. Im not describing you when I talk about you, Im describing me. Now, here in this country, weve got something called a nigger... We have invented the nigger. I didnt invent him. White people invented him. Ive always known, I had to know by the time I was 17 years old, What you were describing was not me, And what you were afraid of was not me It has to be else, Something YOU were afraid of - you invested me with. Now, if thats so... No matter what youve done to me, I can say to you this, and I mean it. And I know you cant do any more and I have nothing to lose. And I know, And Ive always known, And really always- thats a part of the agony - Ive always known that I am not a nigger. But if I am not the nigger, And if its true that your invention reveals you, Then who is the nigger? Im not the victim here. I know one thing from another... I know I was born, Im gonna suffer, and Im gonna die. The only way to get through life is know the worst things about it. I know that a person is more important than anything else. Ive learned this because I had to learn it. But, you still think, I gather, That the nigger is necessary. Well, hes unnecessary to me, So he must be necessary to you. So I give you your problem back: Youre the nigger, baby, it isnt me.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:57:40 +0000
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