James Baldwin — "To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage …"
To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.
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From his essay 'A Letter from a Region in My Mind,' published in The New Yorker, later included in 'The Fire Next Time.' It articulates the constant anger and frustration experienced by Black Americans due to systemic racism.
Date: 1962
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