Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.
“But, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth.”
“The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been.”