typically an an in skip knows this, he actually interviewed baldwin in his quicksilver, quick fire, rapidfireten trying to peel under the skin of white guilt. he left us so many passages about how we remember and forget. one of my favorites is one of the simplest from the 1962 essay where he says too often when americans use words about their history, they use the words to cover up the sleeper but never to wake him up. it is almost perfect and some metaphors just come out of some writers and they are almost perfect. the past we often -- we are all guilty of this sometimes. what pests do you want to claim to be part of? what narrative do you want to live in? a past that helps me sleep at night, he passed that makes me feel good. tell me the old story and make me feel good again, not the past that makes us wake up with nightmares. i just want to end with a quick story from baldwin. actually, i will read it. this is the last two pages of the chapter on james baldwin. baldwin has just flown back from england. it is march, 1965. i still have a problem getting into the 20th century, sorry. [laughte