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this cloud that stood between them and the sun

[...] And there seemed to be no way whatever to remove this cloud that stood between them and the sun, between them and love and life and power, between them and whatever it was that they wanted. One did not have to be very bright to realize how little one could do to change one’s situation; one di…

—p.25 The Fire Next Time Down At The Cross (19) by James Baldwin
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you must accept them

[...] the reality which lies behind the words acceptance and integration. There is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that they must accept you. The really terrible thing, old buddy, is that you must accept …

—p.16 My Dungeon Shook (11) by James Baldwin
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it is the innocence which constitutes the crime

[...] But it is not permissible that the authors of devastation should also be innocent. It is the innocence which constitutes the crime.

—p.14 My Dungeon Shook (11) by James Baldwin
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truculent

a very definite tendency to sound truculent because you want no one to think you are soft

—p.13 My Dungeon Shook (11) by James Baldwin
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