However Painful It May Be

Imperialism Leaves Behind Germs Of Rot Which We Must Clinically Detect And Remove From Our Land But From Our Minds As Well.

Negrophobes Exist. It Is Not Hatred Of The Negro, However, That Motivates Them; They Lack The Courage For That, Or They Have Lost It. Hate Is Not Inborn; It Has To Be Constantly Cultivated, To Be Brought Into Being, In Conflict With More Or Less Recognized Guilt Complexes. Hate Demands Existence And He Who Hates Has To Show His Hate In Appropriate Actions And Behavior; In A Sense, He Has To Become Hate. That Is Why Americans Have Substituted Discrimination For Lynching. Each To His Own Side Of The Street.

Introducing Someone As A "negro Poet With A University Degree" Or Again, Quite Simply, The Expression, "a Great Black Poet." These Ready-made Phrases, Which Seem In A Common-sense Way To Fill A Need-or Have A Hidden Subtlety, A Permanent Rub.

A Government Or A Party Gets The People It Deserves And Sooner Or Later A People Gets The Government It Deserves.

For The Beloved Should Not Allow Me To Turn My Infantile Fantasies Into Reality: On The Contrary, He Should Help Me To Go Beyond Them.