I Came Into The World Imbued With

I Came Into This World Anxious To Uncover The Meaning Of Things, My Soul Desirous To Be At Origin Of The World, And Here I Am An Object Among Other Objects.

To Speak A Language Is To Take On A World, A Culture.

I, The Man Of Color, Want Only This: That The Tool Never Possess The Man. That The Enslavement Of Man By Man Cease Forever. That Is, Of One By Another. That It Be Possible For Me To Discover And To Love Man, Wherever He May Be.

However Painful It May Be For Me To Accept This Conclusion, I Am Obliged To State It: For The Black Man There Is Only One Destiny. And It Is White.

The Basic Confrontation Which Seemed To Be Colonialism Versus Anti-colonialism, Indeed Capitalism Versus Socialism, Is Already Losing Its Importance. What Matters Today, The Issue Which Blocks The Horizon, Is The Need For A Redistribution Of Wealth. Humanity Will Have To Address This Question, No Matter How Devastating The Consequences May Be.