my favorite

And to be constantly told you have no reason to be angry. EVER. But white guys on the other hand…they get to rage on including from the WH.

Right! I mean look at these people and their guy won! What are they so angry about?

Baldwin’s wisdom & genius don’t get a fraction of the praise he deserves. Happy birthday, sage!

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One of my favorites: “We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” - James Baldwin

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Do we even have an educational system that supports the honing of his kind of intellect these days? I have yet to see any evidence that we currently have people of his level of depth and insight participating in public discourse.

Precious few. God, I miss Molly Ivins. Dennis Miller is brilliant, but unfortunately emotion-driven. 9/11 broke him and he's too stubborn to reconsider. Barack Obama is a true thought leader, of course. I wish he'd get platformed more when he weighs in. It's too often "one and done" reporting.

No, because to have that we’d have to address our original sins and the ones that have compounded and institutionalized them. We started to make progress, but that’s being erased. Including by leftist white class reductionist populism.

Love him.

“I don’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.”

James was a treasure. Too bad more people don't know who he is and even worse, haven't read any of his work.

One from my archives, reposting Kamala Harris, just to keep timely.

Maybe just the greatest essayist of the 20th century.

He was so brilliant. This is my favorite quote. It's the quote at the end of every personal email I send.