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The Fire Next Time

A work by James Baldwin, first published in 1963

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  • What korrents draws from it

    Those who cause devastation must not be allowed to also be innocent, The innocence of those responsible for the harm is itself what constitutes the crime, A young Black American was expected to make peace with mediocrity, not to aspire to excellence …

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    James Baldwin

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Key facts

First published
19632
Edition korrents quotes
Vintage International, 2013 edition3
Claims on korrents
211

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Those who cause devastation must not be allowed to also be innocent (opens korrents.com)1

  2. The innocence of those responsible for the harm is itself what constitutes the crime (opens korrents.com)1

  3. A young Black American was expected to make peace with mediocrity, not to aspire to excellence (opens korrents.com)1

  4. If you know where you came from, there is really no limit to where you can go (opens korrents.com)1

  5. The truly terrible thing is that Black Americans are the ones who must accept white Americans (opens korrents.com)1

  6. What white Americans believe and inflict shows not Black inferiority but their own inhumanity and fear (opens korrents.com)1

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Sources

  1. The Fire Next Time (Vintage International, 2013 edition) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. The Fire Next Time, Q16385696 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
  3. The Fire Next Time (Vintage International, 2013 edition) (books.google.com) (opens books.google.com)

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