Quote by June Jordan
We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation o

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. – June Jordan

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To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And thats political, in its most profound way. – June Jordan

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Truth
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In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way. – June Jordan

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Truth
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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. – June Jordan

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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can. – Arthur Ashe

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The problem with hatred and violence is that they intensity the fears of the white majority, and leave them less ashamed of their prejudices toward Negroes. – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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Black History

Prejudice is the child of ignorance. – William Hazlitt

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Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. – Carol Moseley-Braun

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Its only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning. – Drew Barrymore

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Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nations Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to Americas flag and the ideals it represents. – Ron Lewis

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Freedom

In return, society rewards those who give it what it wants. That is why how much money people have earned is a rough measure of how much they gave society what it wanted. – Ray Dalio

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And at five oclock in the morning we left to drive to Old Tucson, and I sat with my mouth open in the van. I was stunned by the beauty of that country. – Erika Slezak

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