Each of us, helplessly and forever, contains the other

James A. Baldwin
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Each of us, helplessly and forever, contains the other - male in female, female in male, white in black, and black in white. We are part of each other. Many of my countrymen appear to find this fact exceedingly inconvenient and even unfair, and so, very often, do I. But none of us can do anything about it. ✨ The Price of the Ticket. Book by James A. Baldwin, 1985.
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