I found that when I talked to them in abstract terms, my ideas were not understood. The irony of it was that I, who had all but to steal books to read, had been branded as an intellectual by the one group that claimed it was dedicated to educating the oppressed and informing them with a vision of life.


Black Boy (1945)

Richard Wright Quotes

I found that when I talked to them in abstract terms, my ideas were not understood. The irony of it was that I, who had all but to steal books to...

I found that when I talked to them in abstract terms, my ideas were not understood. The irony of it was that I, who had all but to steal books to...

I found that when I talked to them in abstract terms, my ideas were not understood. The irony of it was that I, who had all but to steal books to...

I found that when I talked to them in abstract terms, my ideas were not understood. The irony of it was that I, who had all but to steal books to...