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James Baldwin:
I can't be a pessimist, because I'm alive. To be a pessimist means you have agreed that human life is an academic matter, so I'm forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive whatever we must survive. James Baldwin:
But the Negro in this country... the future of the Negro in this country... is precisely as bright or as dark as the future of the country. It is entirely up to the American people and not representatives. It is entirely up to the American people whether or not they are going to face and deal with and embrace the stranger they have maligned so long
I can't be a pessimist, because I'm alive. To be a pessimist means you have agreed that human life is an academic matter, so I'm forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive whatever we must survive. James Baldwin:
But the Negro in this country... the future of the Negro in this country... is precisely as bright or as dark as the future of the country. It is entirely up to the American people and not representatives. It is entirely up to the American people whether or not they are going to face and deal with and embrace the stranger they have maligned so long
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I can't be a pessimist
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because I'm alive
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To be a pessimist means you have agreed that human life
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is an academic matter so I'm forced to be an optimist
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I am forced to believe that we can survive
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whatever we must survive
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But
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the Negro in this country
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the future of the Negro in this country
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is precisely as bright
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or as dark as the future of the country
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It is entirely up to the American people
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and not representatives
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It is entirely up to the American people
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whether or not they are going to face and deal with
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and embrace the stranger they have maligned so long
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Movie Summary
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
