I Want The World To Recognize With

The Native Must Realize That Colonialism Never Gives Anything Away For Nothing.

He Who Is Reluctant To Recognize Me Opposes Me.

The Colonized Is Elevated Above His Jungle Status In Proportion To His Adoption Of The Mother Country's Cultural Standards.

Introducing Someone As A "negro Poet With A University Degree" Or Again, Quite Simply, The Expression, "a Great Black Poet." These Ready-made Phrases, Which Seem In A Common-sense Way To Fill A Need-or Have A Hidden Subtlety, A Permanent Rub.

When I Search For Man In The Technique And The Style Of Europe, I See Only A Succession Of Negations Of Man, And An Avalanche Of Murders.