Ntozake Shange Quote

i cant count the number of times i have viscerally wanted to attack deform n maim the language that I waz taught to hate myself in
the language that perpetuates the notions that cause pain to every black child as he/she learns to speak of the world & the 'self.'

See No Evil: Prefaces, Reviews & Essays, 1974-1983 (1984 edition)

I cant count the number of times i have viscerally wanted to attack deform n maim the language that I waz taught to hate myself in the language that...

I cant count the number of times i have viscerally wanted to attack deform n maim the language that I waz taught to hate myself in the language that...

I cant count the number of times i have viscerally wanted to attack deform n maim the language that I waz taught to hate myself in the language that...

I cant count the number of times i have viscerally wanted to attack deform n maim the language that I waz taught to hate myself in the language that...