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Tell ‘em Jimmy…
Baldwin might have been banished from booking agents’ contact lists had he gone on like this on, say, Conan.
The Fire Still Burns
Praise. I don’t need you to talk about whether you “hate” me or not. Your actions are proof enough.
(via pbenjaminpark)
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Dudley Randall.
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I lived a long time, maybe too much, in my own mind. People say I should come out more. Mix. I agree that I close off in places, but if you have been left standing, as I have, while your partner overstays at another appointment, or promises to give you exclusive attention after supper, but is falling asleep just as you have begun to speak—well, it can make you inhospitable if you aren’t careful, the last thing I want to be.
Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison!
from Toni Morrison’s Jazz -
Nobody says it’s pretty here; nobody says it’s easy either. What it is is decisive, and if you pay attention to the street plans, all laid out, the City can’t hurt you.
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When I look over strips of green lining the river, at church steeples and into the cream-and-copper halls of apartments buildings, I’m strong. Alone, yes, but top-notch and indestructible…
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The Soapboxist: I hope your kid has nightmares from "Beloved"
To Laura Murphy, the mother fighting to allow parents to opt their children out of reading Toni Morrison’s Beloved, due to its graphic content:
I’m glad Beloved gave your son nightmares.
You’re waging a campaign against Beloved’s “scenes of bestiality, gang rape and an infant’s…
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Privileged kids go to counseling, poor kids go to jail.
Judge Greg Mathis. (via theblacksophisticate)(via lawd-knows)
Posted on February 6, 2013 via Westwind; blow ye gentle. with 236 notes
Source: theblacksophisticate
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Because you rubbed my shoulder last night a poem traveled down my arm…
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Parks and Recreations’ Aziz Ansari shuts down a microaggression on the Golden Globes’ red carpet.
(H/t yayponies)
I love Aziz.
Check and mate, Aziz.
*Solemn bow*LOVE.
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Love.
(via livelaughlovelocs)
Posted on January 17, 2013 via MIX N MATCH MARLI with 422 notes
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Jennifer...perfectly flawed. Short brown and generally friendly with a penchant for intelligent people and screwdrivers (the drink, not the tool). Known for extreme sarcasm and speaking out of turn. Easily annoyed. Appreciator (and abuser) of African American colloquialisms and non-standard English. Law & Order fanatic. Can typically be found in a bookstore or near a chalkboard. Notorious for laughing at inappropriate times. Addicted to Sudoku and orange sodas. In love with Burt's Bees Lip Balm and Stevie Wonder. Tattooed, pierced, and scarred. Loving, caring, and cute.
