“These were the eyes of children stronger than me, who would steal my movie money; these eyes were the eyes of white cops, whom I feared, whom I hated with a literally murderous hatred; these eyes were the eyes of old folks who thought I was a sissy and who might wonder why I was on this avenue by myself. And these were the eyes of men and women going in and out of bars, or standing on the corners, who certainly had no eyes for me, but who occupied the centre of my bewildered attention because they seemed, at once, so abject and free.”
James Baldwin, “Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone”, 1968.
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