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If I write badly about blacks, homosexuals and women, it is because of these who I met were that. There are many 'bads' - bad dogs, bad censorship; there are even 'bad' white males. Only, when you write about 'bad' white males, they don't complain about it. And need I say that there are 'good' blacks, 'good' homosexuals and 'good' women?

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Charles Bukowski expresses that if he writes negatively about certain groups, it is because of his own personal experiences with individuals from those groups. However, he also acknowledges that there are good individuals within these groups as well. Furthermore, he highlights the unequal response and lack of complaint when writing about 'bad' white males.
Quote by Charles Bukowski
Author, American
American author and poet
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