Draggingtree Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Commentary Magazine My Negro Problem—And Ours One of the Most Controversial and Powerful Essays Published in COMMENTARY NORMAN PODHORETZ / FEB. 1, 1963 If we—and . . . I mean the relatively conscious whites and the relatively conscious blacks, who must, like lovers, insist on, or create, the consciousness of the others—do not falter in our duty now, we may be able, handful that we are, to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country, and change the history of the world.James Baldwin (5 Two ideas puzzled me deeply as a child growing up in Brooklyn during the 1930’s in what today would be called an integrated neighborhood. One of them was that all Jews were rich; the other was that all Negroes were persecuted. These ideas had appeared in print; therefore they must be true. https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/my-negro-problem-and-ours/ Interesting read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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