Richard Wright Quotes
A Dread Of White People Now Came To Live Permanently In My Feelings And Imagination. As The War Drew To A Close, Racial Conflict Flared Over The Entire South, And Though I Did Not Witness Any Of It, I Could Not Have Been More Thoroughly Affected By It If I Had Participated Directly In Every Clash. The War Itself Had Been Unreal To Me, But I Had Grown Able To Respond Emotionally To Every Hint, Whisper, Word, Inflection, News, Gossip, And Rumor Regarding Conflicts Between The Races. Nothing Challenged The Totality Of My Personality So Much As This Pressure Of Hate And Threat That Stemmed From The Invisible Whites. I Would Stand For Hours On The Doorsteps Of Neighbors' Houses Listening To Their Talk, Learning How A White Woman Had Slapped A Black Woman, How A White Man Had Killed A Black Man. It Filled Me With Awe, Wonder, And Fear, And I Asked Ceaseless Questions. One Evening I Heard A Tale That Rendered
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