Sincerest Flattery

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
—  James Baldwin
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2014	Ite, Missa Est
2013	I Hear Voices
2012	Positive Thoughts
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2011	Look! Up In The Sky…
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Shape And Limit

…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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2015	Me Either
2014	Just Business
2013	Beautiful Adventure
2012	Precedence
2011	Ya Think?

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So Go On And Deal With It

I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, that they will be forced to deal with pain.
—  James Baldwin
From: “Notes of a Native Son“
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2015	From A Letter To A Friend
2014	Your Part (Here)
2013	Complements
2012	Sound And Light
2011	Two Politicians Visit A Farm…
2010	Labor Day And Honorable Men

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Face It

Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
—  James Baldwin
[What am I afraid to face?  —  KMAB]
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2014	Honoring Firefighters
2013	And Never Will
2012	The Human Adventure Continues
2011	Almost Never

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Why Criticize?

I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
—  James Baldwin
From: “Notes of a Native Son“
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Accidental Me

I don’t like people who like me because I’m a Negro; neither do I like people who find in the same accident grounds for contempt.
—  James Baldwin
From: “Notes of a Native Son“
[Or in my case, American / Irish / Hispanic / employed / Catholic / etc…  And yes, I realize I remain a Catholic by choice and employed by necessity.  —  KMAB]
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