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I Don't Know Why People Always Compare Me [ With Amiri Baraka] I Was Never Part Of The Black Arts Repertory Theater Or The Black Arts Movement; People Who Claim That I Was Are Wrong. I Was Downtown. I Was Living In Chelsea When They Were Operating In Harlem.

I Have Black Guys Who Tell Me They Put My Books On Their Bed Stands To Read At Night Like Something For Guidance Or Information. That Really Pleases Me A Lot. I Think My Work Has Changed Some Things. It's Changed Me.

Richard Price Got A Million Dollar Advance On One Fake Film Book Based On A Paragraph Outline And Is Able To Seduce Gullible White Reviewers Who Know Less About Ghetto Life Than He. The New York Times Has Devoted More Space To Price's Tourist, Ghetto Writing Than To Any Black Writer In History.

I Wasn't Part Of Any Sixties Movement. I'm Skeptical Of Movements. I'm Part Of The Times That I'm In.

I Consider Racism To Be A Medical Problem. Racists Need Serious Medical And Psychiatric Help, Because They Are Killing Themselves And Making Others Suffer Along With Them.