And To Read As a writer I have always fought for the right to write. For writing is a time-honored means of communication. Lack of communication, the refusal of some to understand, or outright refusal to learn about other human beings is based on fear.
Fear is what keeps people apart.
Down These Means Streets . Laughing Boy , by Oliver La Farge, was placed back on the shelves while Black Boy , by Richard Wright, was placed on a restricted list. History has taught us that in any suppression of human rights and dignity the first to be negated are the writers and poets. We should all know about the burning of the books during the dark days of the birth of Nazism in Germany. Book-banning, is, to my point of view, becoming a dangerous threat to our freedoms in this land of the free and home of the brave.