Here's more excerpt, for more context:
"I CAN'T BE A PESSIMIST,
BECAUSE I'M ALIVE.
TO BE A PESSIMIST MEANS
YOU HAVE AGREED THAT HUMAN LIFE
IS AN ACADEMIC MATTER,
SO I'M FORCED TO BE AN OPTIMIST.
I AM FORCED TO BELIEVE
THAT WE CAN SURVIVE
WHATEVER WE MUST SURVIVE.
BUT... ..THE NEGRO IN THIS COUNTRY... ..THE FUTURE OF THE NEGRO
IN THIS COUNTRY... ..IS PRECISELY AS BRIGHT
OR AS DARK AS THE FUTURE
OF THE COUNTRY.
IT IS ENTIRELY UP TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
AND OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
IT IS ENTIRELY UP TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE GOING
TO FACE AND DEAL WITH
AND EMBRACE THE STRANGER
THEY HAVE MALIGNED SO LONG.
WHAT WHITE PEOPLE HAVE TO DO
IS TRY TO FIND OUT,
IN THEIR OWN HEARTS,
WHY IT WAS NECESSARY
TO HAVE A "NIGGER."
IN THE FIRST PLACE,
BECAUSE I'M NOT A NIGGER,
I'M A MAN.
BUT IF YOU THINK I'M A NIGGER,
IT MEANS YOU NEED HIM.
THE QUESTION YOU'VE GOT TO
ASK YOURSELF,
THE WHITE POPULATION OF THIS
COUNTRY HAS GOT TO ASK ITSELF,
NORTH AND SOUTH,
BECAUSE IT'S ONE COUNTRY,
AND FOR THE NEGRO,
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH...
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE
IN THE WAY THEY CASTRATE YOU,
BUT THE FACT OF THE CASTRATION
IS AMERICAN FACT.
IF I'M NOT THE NIGGER HERE
AND YOU INVENTED HIM,
YOU THE WHITE PEOPLE
INVENTED HIM,
THEN YOU'VE GOT TO FIND OUT WHY.
AND THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY
DEPENDS ON THAT,
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ABLE
TO ASK THAT QUESTION."
It was all taken from an interview in '68 or '79 maybe, as transcribed in the film I Am Not Your Negro.
Is that helpful?