…Baldwin’s insight remains: that, as we fight our evils, we must confront, without flinching, the history of this country that continues to shape who we are and limit who we can be. In great pain and terror, we have to do this even as we bury our dead if we — and I mean all of us — are to be truly free. | |
— Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | |
From the article: “Black and white America look to James Baldwin to unpin us all from history“ | |
Appearing in: Time Magazine; dtd: 29 August 2016, in the “Time Off” essay section | |
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Shape And Limit
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