Just read the first fifth of 'Native Son' by Richard Wright. I don't think I've ever read anything that better captures how a lot of woke white people (can) still fetishize people of color. It made my skin crawl! It's also a really well-realized psychological novel.
Just read the first fifth of 'Native Son' by Richard Wright. I don't think I've ever read anything that better captures how a lot of woke white people (can) still fetishize people of color. It made my skin crawl! It's also a really well-realized psychological novel.
If you want some wonderful poems, Wright wrote a really superb collection of haikus when in exile in France that I recommend!
His memoirs, Black Boy, are also great.