Quote by June Jordan
We are the wrong people of the wrong skin in the wrong continent a

We are the wrong people of the wrong skin in the wrong continent and what in the hell is everybody being reasonable about? – June Jordan

Other quotes by June Jordan

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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That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes. – June Jordan

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Attitude
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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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Poetry
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Other Quotes from
Black History
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Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color. – Author Unknown

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Black History

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships. – W.E.B. DuBois

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Black History
[W]e are the heirs of a past of rope, fire, and murder. I for one am not ashamed of this past. My shame is for those who became so inhuman that they could inflict this torture upon us. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Black History

You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. – Frederick Douglass

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Black History

Random Quotes

Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you dont. – Pete Seeger

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Education

I know the Bible is inspired because it inspires me. – Dwight L. Moody

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Religion

If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. – Henrik Ibsen

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Confidence

From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance. – Proverb

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communication