Walter Mosley : `` I 'm an American from the soles of my feet to the hair that once adorned my head '' I am an American from the soles of my feet to the hair that once adorned my bald head . In the mix are African , Jewish , Asian ancestors ; French-speakers , Latinos on the street . " The problem is not so much with the fact that there were no black people in America before slavery but rather how they were treated by their white masters. `` I can be part of something greater than the individual , while still I am at home in my heart ''
Walter Mosley : `` I 'm an American from the soles of my feet to the hair that once adorned my head '' In the mix are African , Jewish , Asian ancestors ; French-speakers , Latinos on the street . " The problem is not so much with the fact that there were no black people in America before slavery but rather how they were treated by their white masters. `` I can be part of something greater than the individual , while still I am at home in my heart ''