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I'd say I'm a revolutionary optimist. I believe that the good guys -the people- are going to win.

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Amiri Baraka
Age: 20 †
Born: 1934
Born: October 7
Died: 1914
Died: January 9
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When I die, the consciousness I carry I will to black people. May they pick me apart and take the useful parts, the sweet meat of my feelings. And leave the bitter bullshit rotten white parts alone.
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The torture of being the unseen object, and the constantly observed subject.
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