Wealth Is Not The Fruit Of Labor

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.

Negrophobes Exist. It Is Not Hatred Of The Negro, However, That Motivates Them; They Lack The Courage For That, Or They Have Lost It. Hate Is Not Inborn; It Has To Be Constantly Cultivated, To Be Brought Into Being, In Conflict With More Or Less Recognized Guilt Complexes. Hate Demands Existence And He Who Hates Has To Show His Hate In Appropriate Actions And Behavior; In A Sense, He Has To Become Hate. That Is Why Americans Have Substituted Discrimination For Lynching. Each To His Own Side Of The Street.

They Realize At Last That Change Does Not Mean Reform, That Change Does Not Mean Improvement.

Each Generation Must Discover Its Mission, Fulfill It Or Betray It, In Relative Opacity.

Today I Believe In The Possibility Of Love; That Is Why I Endeavor To Trace Its Imperfections, Its Perversions.