Affirmative Acts
by June Jordan
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Author: June JordanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Deckle Edge
Published: 1998-10-20
ISBN: 0385492251
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Anchor
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Book Review: "POLITICAL ESSAYS" BY A NOTED POET AND WRITER
Summary: 5 Stars
June Jordan (1936-2002) was a Caribbean American poet, novelist, journalist, biographer, dramatist, teacher, and committed activist. She wrote many other books, such as Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays and Civil Wars.
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"(Nelson Mandela) calls on no authority beyond the authority of the pain and degradation of living in Black South Africa." (Pg. 3)
"Or why do I write without hesitation about the injustice that freed the cops who beat up Rodney King, and then I keep to myself my qualms about the fact that he has been charged with beating up his wife?" (Pg. 34)
"I have already turned away from Farrakhan. I was never there. He was never on my side. Farrakhan runs on hatred. His targets change. But the hatred continues. His views and preachments are not easily distinguishable from those of David Duke. But Farrakhan does not possess a fraction of the power invested in and represented by David Duke." (Pg. 87)
"Back then ... an economy expanding upon proven routes to the development of wealth appeared to be infinitely open. In this context, affirmative action would not and did not seem necessarily threatening to the average white American. As long as you're eating well, you do not mind sharing your food with strangers." (Pg. 122)
"I am a cultural pluralist. And, as sexuality is a biological, psychlogical, and interpersonal factor of cultural experience, I am a sexual pluralist. What else could I be?" (Pg. 137)
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