CSPAN3 February 5, 2012
her and the relationship she describes sounds nothing like what was in the book, that they were close, literally they would sit and have tea together. could they have tea in front of other white people? no, they couldn't. i don't want to make myself feel good about it and think that everything worked out. no, because you don't even have that today. i think we have a responsibility. literature has a responsibility. and i think if we want to get a real picture of what's painted -- remember, it's literature. it doesn't have to be 100% accurate. then it would be history. it would be hist...
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