" Freaks are called freaks and are treated as they are treated—in the main, abominably—because they are human beings who cause to echo, deep within us, our most profound terrors and desires.” The true grotesque, in Baldwin’s view, isn’t the monster or the freak but rather members of mainstream society who, clinging to safety, abhor differentness. "

― Beth Macy , Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South