Steven Barnes (1952) American writer and author
Source: Street Lethal (1983), Chapter 16 “Warrior” (p. 239)
“Once you label me you negate me.”
As attributed in Journal of Marriage and Family Counseling, Vol. 2 (1976) by American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors, p. 33; no earlier incidents have been located.
Variants:
When you label me, you negate me.
As attributed in Inner Joy (1985) by Kory Bloomfield, p 169
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Variant: What labels me, negates me.
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