"The Hard Kind of Courage" in Harper's (October 1958) republished as "A Fly in Buttermilk"
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I have not written about being a Negro at such length because I do not expect that to be my only subject, but only because it was the gate I had to unlock before I could hope to write about anything else.
— James Baldwin
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I have not written about being a Negro at such length because I do not expect that to be my only subject, but only because it was the gate I had to unlock before I could hope to write about anything else." in the context of ""The Hard Kind of Courage" in Harper's (October 1958) republished as "A Fly in Buttermilk"" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "James Baldwin" (Quotes, Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son (1961))
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About James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (2 August 1924 – 1 December 1987) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and social critic.
About James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (2 August 1924 – 1 December 1987) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and social critic.
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