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[Jon Zingale]

"Has been present since I encountered it, I think in the Norton
Anthology, Jeez, how long ago? End of college? Early grad school?"

"""
Some folks are born made to wave the flag
They're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"
They point the *canon* at you, Lord
"""

I can imagine the academics at work now, rendering the term "whitey" as
meaningless as they rendered the term "equality". Not even the civil
rights movement, which aimed to end American aparteid, seemed to be
powerful enough to prevent some from distilling "...all men are created
equal" into a mathematical equality before dismissing the notion as they
had with consciousness, luminiferous ether, free will and unicorns. For
me, it was sometime in college that I finally met my first unicorn.

"""
Picket linesSchool boy cots
They try to say it's a communist plot
All I want is equality
For my sister my brother my people and me
Yes you lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
And talk real fine just like a lady
And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie
Oh but this whole country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
I don't trust you any more
You keep on saying "Go slow!"
"""

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tHYGfRot5w&list=PLg4blegEv8ZfHp5kZOKvbTpL4cltHKrHB&index=7&ab_channel=NinaSimone-Topic
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