A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

But as I said, the Negro arouses hostility in whites precisely because they subliminally recognize that he is closest to that tribal depth involvement and simultaneity and harmony that is the richest and most highly developed expression of human consciousness.
“Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan: A Candid Conversation with the High Priest of Popcult and Metaphysician of Media”. By Eric Norden. Playboy Magazine, March (1969), p 68, reprinted in Essential McLuhan, (1995), pp 256-257
Year: 1969
↪ Also at #1310, #2249
Compiled by William Kuhns
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