(The fact of the separation of white and black was clear to me; it was its effect upon the personalities of people that stumped and dismayed me. I did not feel I was a threat to anybody; yet, as soon as I had grown old enough to think I had learned that my entire personality, my aspirations had long ago been discounted; that, in a measure, the very meaning of the words I spoke could not be fully understood.)
This passage that I chose speaks to me in a way that truly expresses the way many people felt at the time. Richard speaks that because of his color, no one even cares about his opinion. Richard is an extremely intelligent person and because he was black, none of that mattered. He could not even convey the thoughts he had in his mind because none cared to just look beyond his outward appearance. That is what I believe this passage means.
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