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1. “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore – And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over – like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?”
Langston Hughes
Dreams, Frustration, Anger, Racial Tension, Social Metaphor
4. “People are continually pointing out to me the wretchedness of white people in order to console me for the wretchedness of blacks. But an itemized account of the American failure does not console me and it should not console anyone else.” James Baldwin Racial Wretchedness, American Failure, Social Injustice, Consolation Failure, Racial Tension, Reflection
Racial Tension Quotes by Famous Authors
1. “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore – And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over – like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?”
Langston Hughes Dreams, Frustration, Anger, Racial Tension, Social Metaphor
4. “People are continually pointing out to me the wretchedness of white people in order to console me for the wretchedness of blacks. But an itemized account of the American failure does not console me and it should not console anyone else.”
James Baldwin Racial Wretchedness, American Failure, Social Injustice, Consolation Failure, Racial Tension, Reflection
