The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.
It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.
All racists are irresponsible.
Everything now, we must assume, is in our hands; we have no right to assume otherwise. If we do not falter in our duty now, we may be able, handful that we are, to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country, and change the history of the world.
