Most people are not naturally reflective any more than they are naturally malicious, and the white man prefers to keep the black man at a certain human remove because it is easier for him thus to preserve his simplicity and avoid being called to account for crimes committed by his forefathers, or his neighbors.
 James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son (1955). copy citation

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Author James Baldwin
Source Notes of a Native Son
Topic simplicity crime
Date 1955
Language English
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