We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived.
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The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think.June Jordan
Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity How can I be who I am.
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As I am a poet I express what I believe, and I fight against whatever I oppose, in poetry.
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So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders.
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