"I don’t think I need to succeed so that the race can succeed. We’ve seen that. We’ve been succeeding since we were sneaking to learn how to read. We’ve been showing ourselves to be exceptional, and it doesn’t change anything. I understand that burden; I do not feel that burden. I feel the burden on the page when writing a story to do justice to the black people I am rendering, but I don’t necessarily believe that my successes or failure will have some greater impact on the way that people view black people…"
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Novelists from the United StatesWomen authors from the United StatesWomen academics from the United States21st-century African-American womenYear of birth unknown
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On not feeling pressured to represent all Black people in “THE SATURDAY RUMPUS INTERVIEW: ANGELA FLOURNOY” in The Rumpus (2016 Feb 13)
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Angela Flournoy
Angela Flournoy is an American writer, who is known for writing a First Novelist Award-winning debut novel, The Turner House, which was also named as a New York Times Notable Book of 2015.
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