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Words have users, but as well, users have words. And it is the users that establish the world's realities.
Amiri Baraka
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Amiri Baraka
Age: 20 †
Born: 1934
Born: October 7
Died: 1914
Died: January 9
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Atheist Jews double crossers stole our [black people’s] secrets. . . . They give us to worship a dead Jew and not ourselves . . . . Selling fried potatoes and people, the little arty bastards talking arithmetic they sucked from the arab’s head.
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Lately, I've become accustomed to the way The ground opens up and envelopes me Each time I go out to walk the dog.
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Most American white men are trained to be fags. For this reason it is no wonder their faces are weak and blank.
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