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I am very, very happy for Alice Walker.
Audre Lorde
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Audre Lorde
Age: 58 †
Born: 1934
Born: February 18
Died: 1992
Died: November 17
Essayist
Feminist
Librarian
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University Teacher
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New York City
New York
Audre Geraldine Lorde
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We cannot settle for the pretenses of connection, or for the parodies of self-love.
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You will never be able to defend your city while shouting.
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We have too often been expected to speak all things to all people and speak everyone else's position but our own.
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But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society.
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Because the machine will try to grind you into dust anyway, whether or not we speak.
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