A Black Boxer's Career Is The Perfect Metaphor For The Career Of A Black Male. Every Day Is Like Being In The Gym, Sparring With Impersonal Opponents As One Faces The Rudeness And Hostility That A Black Male Must Confront In The United States, Where He Is The Object Of Both Fear And Fascination.

-Ishmael Reed

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A Black Boxer's Career Is The Perfect

Ishmael Reed

A Black Boxer's Career Is The Perfect Metaphor For The Career Of A Black Male. Every Day Is Like Being In The Gym, Sparring With Impersonal Opponents As One Faces The Rudeness And Hostility That A Black Male Must Confront In The United States, Where He Is The Object Of Both Fear And Fascination.

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Careers

Perfect

Black

Do You Think That Gwendolyn Brooks Would Give An Award To Someone Who Hated Black Women, The Lie That Was Circulated Throughout New York And Reached All The Way Down To Martinique Where I Was A Guest Professor? The Lie Was Circulated By People Who Don't Read My Books.

New York

Lying

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