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For A Colonized People The Most Essential Value, Because The Most Concrete, Is First And Foremost The Land: The Land Which Will Bring Them Bread And, Above All, Dignity.

National Liberation, National Renaissance, The Restoration Of Nationhood To The People, Commonwealth: Whatever May Be The Headings Used Or The New Formulas Introduced, Decolonization Is Always A Violent Phenomenon.

Sometimes People Hold A Core Belief That Is Very Strong. When They Are Presented With Evidence That Works Against That Belief, The New Evidence Cannot Be Accepted. It Would Create A Feeling That Is Extremely Uncomfortable, Called Cognitive Dissonance. And Because It Is So Important To Protect The Core Belief, They Will Rationalize, Ignore And Even Deny Anything That Doesn't Fit In With The Core Belief.

When People Like Me, They Like Me "in Spite Of My Color." When They Dislike Me; They Point Out That It Isn't Because Of My Color. Either Way, I Am Locked In To The Infernal Circle.

It Is The White Man Who Creates The Negro. But It Is The Negro Who Creates Negritude.