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> [I learned from James Baldwin that one can be a novelist, essayist, and activist, combined. That being critical of one's country is a way of loving it. That travel is crucial for perspective. That faith needn't be confined to organized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/i-learned-from-james-baldwin-that-one-can-be-a-novelist-essayist-and/)

[Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/)

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## Other authors on James Baldwin

## More by Emily Raboteau

> [I don't keep from despairing. I let myself despair. I just don't linger there for too long. There's too much to laugh about, two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/i-don-t-keep-from-despairing-i-let-myself-despair-i-just-don-t-linger/)

[Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/)

> [I felt saddened and confused to discover my favorite mural gone, but also hopeful that another one may be in the works. Street art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/i-felt-saddened-and-confused-to-discover-my-favorite-mural-gone-but/)

[Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/)

> [Your average white liberal might agree with social justice in principle, and yet live quite comfortably as a "winner" in a nation whose social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/your-average-white-liberal-might-agree-with-social-justice-in/)

[Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/)

> [Acknowledging the realities of structural and institutional racism is hard for conscionable white people. It might ask them to consider how they're personally implicated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/acknowledging-the-realities-of-structural-and-institutional-racism-is/)

[Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/)

> [I think it's really crucial to leave our American context, not only for a sense of individual freedom, but also to make links to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/i-think-it-s-really-crucial-to-leave-our-american-context-not-only/)

[Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/)

> [I learned from James Baldwin that one can be a novelist, essayist, and activist, combined. That being critical of one's country is a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/i-learned-from-james-baldwin-that-one-can-be-a-novelist-essayist-and/)

[Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/)

> [I look at my kids, who were born under a Black president, who hop around the living room naked and joyful, mimicking Simone Biles,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/i-look-at-my-kids-who-were-born-under-a-black-president-who-hop/)

[Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/)

> [Here is a pragmatic and idealistic suggestion, White America! When you see my kids on the playground, on the street, can you remember to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/here-is-a-pragmatic-and-idealistic-suggestion-white-america-when-you/)

[Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/)

> [“That mess about judging people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin—that's some bullshit. Nobody has the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/that-mess-about-judging-people-by-the-content-of-their-character-and/)

[Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/)

> [Nowadays we can sidestep traditional media with social media and technology that allows us to become citizen journalists, to fight against injustice by showing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/nowadays-we-can-sidestep-traditional-media-with-social-media-and/)

[Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/)

> [It matters when public officials admit that their hearts have changed, but only in the service of changing actual policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/it-matters-when-public-officials-admit-that-their-hearts-have-changed/)

[Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/)

> [I don't think of rejection as rejection, just a bad fit. Then I seek out other avenues of acceptance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/i-don-t-think-of-rejection-as-rejection-just-a-bad-fit-then-i-seek/)

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