• It is dangerous to be an American Negro male. America has never wanted its Negroes to be men, and does not, generally, treat them as men. It treats them as mascots, pets, or things.

  James Baldwin
  American writer 1924-1987
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. dangerous
2. generally
3. america
4. negroes
5. mascots
6. things

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It is dangerous to be an American Negro male. America has never wanted its Negroes to be men, and does not, generally, treat them as men. It treats them as mascots, pets, or things. by : James Baldwin

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