By native on June 25, 2008
Ok first, this is a message to all the young black males and females in America who struggle when their class mates say that they are talking white because they choose to speak proper English.
This fallacy has gone too far, in fact there is nothing “white” about being an articulate and intelligent individual. And now [...]
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By native on June 3, 2008
If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive. – Audre Lorde
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By native on April 15, 2008
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? – Walt Whitman
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