“They disliked Jerry because he was Italian, they disliked Barbara because she was not, and therefore, had no excuse, and they disliked me because I did not appear to realize both Barbara and Jerry were white. I did not, in fact, appear to know that I was colored and this filled them with such baleful exasperation, such an exasperated wonder, that the waitress’ hand when I stopped in the diner, actually trembled as she poured my coffee, and people moved away from me, staring as though I was possessed by evil spirits. Naturally, I despised them. They didn’t even have the courage of their sick convictions, for, if they had, they would have tarred and feathered me and ridden me out of town.”
James Baldwin, “Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone”, 1968.
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