"Sehen Sie, unglücklicherweise bin ich nicht schwarz. Es gibt viele verschiedene Sorten Blut in unserer Familie. Aber hier in den Vereinigten Staaten verwendet man das Wort ‚Neger’, um jene zu bezeichnen, die überhaupt Negerblut in ihren Adern haben. In Afrika ist das Wort reiner. Es bedeutet ganz Neger, deshalb schwarz. Ich bin braun. Mein Vater hatte ein dunkleres Braun. Meine Mutter ein Olivgelb."
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The Big Sea, 1940
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Langston Hughes
1902 – 1967
US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller
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