Margo Jefferson quotes

Depression is so treacherous - it can be so alluring as well as punishing. After all, it's yours and yours alone - no one else can interfere with it. (Margo Jefferson)

I think the most harmful belief passed on to me - not always directly - was the belief that whatever I did as a Negro, however much we Negroes achieved, despite the presence of some enlightened whites, white society as a whole enjoyed being racists in the secret core of their being and would never, ever give that up.

Margo Jefferson

Margo Jefferson

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Occupation: American Critic
Born: October 17, 1947
Quotes count: 2