On race pride and shame (Zora Neale Hurston)

Well said:

Another favorite line from Hurston:

“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.”

(Source: Zora Neale Hurston, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me,” 1928).

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