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"Since the late 1960s, when I risked baldness for an Afro, I'd been trying to understand how and where I fit into the African American culture. I wanted to party with the criminals and go home to a nice, safe apartment in a good neighborhood. I wanted to be able to talk just as comfortably with both a wino on the corner and a CEO, to sniff drugs until early in the morning and pump out a brilliant story the next..."

"I've also been doing the standard negro balancing act when it comes to dealing with white folks, which involves sufficiently blurring the edges of my being so that they don't feel intimidated, while simultaneously holding on to my integrity. There is a thin line between Uncle Tomming and Mau-Mauing. To fall off that line can mean disaster."