Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strat…

Richard Wright
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Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being denied individuality. ✨ Native Son. Book by Richard Wright, 1940.
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If a man confessed anything on his death bed, it was the truth; for no man could stare death in the face and lie. ✨ Richard Wright (1991). Works: Later works: Black boy (American hunger) ; The outsid … ▶
Goddamnit, look! We live here and they live there. We black and they white. They got things and we ain't. They do things and we can't. It's just like livin' in jail. ✨ Native Son bk. 1 (1940)
Hunger has always been more or less at my elbow when I played, but now I began to wake up at night to find hunger standing at my bedside, staring at my gauntly. ✨ Richard Wright (2009). Black Boy, p. … ▶
They hate because they fear, and they fear because they feel that the deepest feelings of their lives are being assaulted and outraged. And they do not know why; they are powerless pawns in a blind p … ▶
Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented.

Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being denied individuality. ✨ Native Son. Book by Richard Wright, 1940.

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