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He also discussed the necessity for younger generations to understand life in America before the Civil Rights era, commenting on the great disparity between the opportunities he had growing up versus those of his older brother, Paul “Rocky” Gates.
Gates began by reading excerpts from his memoir, including the preface in which he explained his compulsion to write “Colored People” as an attempt to preserve the rich memories of growing up colored in the 1950’s, negro in the early 60?...
“My whole being is from Piedmont, West Virginia,” said Gates. “I wrote a love letter to those people, a love letter to my mother, a love letter to that way of life. Nothing thrills me like seeing the hills of West...
“I’m keenly and acutely aware of the privileged position I have. I think about all those generations of frustrations before me,” said Gates. “They had just as good ideas as mine, if not better, and they could not...
Gates also differentiated between willing association and forced separation, mentioning the significance of being proud to find comfort in cultural rituals and traditions and the importance of maintaining multiple identities.