James Baldwin and Fran Lebowitz are two of my favorite essayists. This Baldwin quote speaks strongly to my feelings today during this turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri around the police shooting of the unarmed black man Mike Brown and also the police shooting in Saint Louis of Kajieme Powell.
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