Being a Negro writer these days is a racket and I'm going to make the most of it … - Wallace Thurman

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Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.

Wallace Thurman

Being a Negro writer these days is a racket and I'm going to make the most of it while it lasts. About twice a year I sell a story. It is acclaimed. I am a genius in the making. Thank God for this Negro literary renaissance. Long may it flourish

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We are mere journeymen, planting seeds for someone else to harvest.

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I cannot bear to associate with the ordinary run of people. I have to surround myself with individuals who for the most part are more than a trifle insane

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If but a few live coals are found in a mountain of ashes, no one should be disappointed. Genius is a rare quality in this world, and there is no reason why it should be more ubiquitous among Blacks than Whites.

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Color prejudice and religion are akin in one respect. Some folks have it and some don't, and the kernel that is responsible for it is present in us all.

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The Negro and all things negroid had become a fad, and Harlem had become a shrine to which feverish pilgrimages were in order. . . Seventh Avenue was the gorge into which Harlem cliff dwellers crowded to promenade.

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