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I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, Hey, I don't like white people.
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Violence is like money in the bank; it's only helpful if you don't have to use it.
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I really hope no white person ever has cause
to write about me
because they never understand
Black love is Black wealth and they'll
probably talk about my hard childhood
and never understand that
all the while I was quite happy.
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Born:
June 7, 1943
(age 80)
Bio:
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator.
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