In a society that is entirely hostile, and, by its nature, seems determined to cut you down—that has cut down so many in the past and cuts down so many every day—it begins to be almost impossible to distinguish a real from a fancied injury.
 James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time (1963). copy citation

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Author James Baldwin
Source The Fire Next Time
Topic society past
Date 1963
Language English
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