"The great danger," Richard told Sartre, "in the world today is that the very feeling and conception of what is a human being might well be lost."
Richard Wright to Jean-Paul Sartre, In Richard Wright - By Constance Webb
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Stephen, thank you for this. I've been thinking about this subject, but I didn't have the right angle. Look for a post on this and a link.
This is great!
The man said "might be." If he were alive today, he'd probably say "is." Unfortunately.
you know it is also in cllection of letters by RW...great pic BTW
Thanks everyone. I saw this quote and it really just sent me into deep thought. Rethabile, I agree that he would say this differently in 2008. The 5 o'clock News alone would make him think twice.
Wright is one of the most complicated black writers within the cannon of American literature. I don't mean in terms of his craft. Rather, in terms of whatever was going on inside himself, he was complicated.
I think this idea is one of the reasons I became a sociologist. Thanks for the reminder. Nice photo, too.
Great pic and I agree with 'rethabile' that it's more like "is" lost. We're out of touch and disconnected.
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Yes, this was especially true when it came to the relationship he had with James Baldwin.
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It's one of the reasons I'm so interested in Sociology. Thanks.
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Unfortunately. Good to see you. How is the little pretty one? :)
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