"There was an unbelievable amount of animosity in that war [for America Independence] which people have forgotten, which was still around 50 years later."

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In [Ralph] Ellison's case, it's more psychological than it is phenomenal, and it's conditioned by anger, animosity, and lack of desire to engage with the black body. There was always simultaneity that had nothing to do with visuality. You can be there and not be there at the same time and be fully visible all the time. That's what really struck me about Ellison .

— Kerry James Marshall