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In america, the traditional routes to black identity have hardly been normal. suicide (disappearance by imitation, or willed extinction), violence (hysterical religiosity, crime, armed revolt), and exemplary moral courage; none of these is normal.
-June Jordan
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In America, The Traditional Routes To Black

June Jordan
In america, the traditional routes to black identity have hardly been normal. suicide (disappearance by imitation, or willed extinction), violence (hysterical religiosity, crime, armed revolt), and exemplary moral courage; none of these is normal.
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