August Wilson Quote

As long as the colored man look to white folks to put the crown on what he say... as long as he looks to white folks for approval... then he ain't never gonna find out who he is and what he's about.


Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1984), act 1


As long as the colored man look to white folks to put the crown on what he say... as long as he looks to white folks for approval... then he ain't...

As long as the colored man look to white folks to put the crown on what he say... as long as he looks to white folks for approval... then he ain't...

As long as the colored man look to white folks to put the crown on what he say... as long as he looks to white folks for approval... then he ain't...

As long as the colored man look to white folks to put the crown on what he say... as long as he looks to white folks for approval... then he ain't...