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My Black Mothers and Sisters or on Beginning a Cultural Autobiography
by Bernice Johnson Reagon.
Wow. I'm stunned after reading this short work. Admittedly, in the first pages which start like a scholarly journal, I was underwhelmed. There was no definition of terms, I wasn't seeing the argument, it wasn't flushed out... and then the poetry started.
The words are so powerful that they just wash over you and drag you out to sea. I could feel the force behind womanhood that drives nations, and I understood exactly what the author was staying about women being nationmakers, culture makers, and
Wow. I'm stunned after reading this short work. Admittedly, in the first pages which start like a scholarly journal, I was underwhelmed. There was no definition of terms, I wasn't seeing the argument, it wasn't flushed out... and then the poetry started.
The words are so powerful that they just wash over you and drag you out to sea. I could feel the force behind womanhood that drives nations, and I understood exactly what the author was staying about women being nationmakers, culture makers, and space makers. They are the fighters. The delivery of the argument was really genius actually.
She highlights strong women in her life, to show their struggles of "finding a way when there is no way" and their fight to "manipulate this society so you can deliver goods for the survival of your people," and turns this battle into the continuance of the Civil Rights movement.
"I think there must be dreams somewhere in this picture. The reality, the practical reality, hits you so hard that- Maybe you propel your dreams two or three generations down the line. Lay it on your daughters ir your sons or their children. you understand that you have to make up the difference, whatver that is."
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