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With My Writing, What I Want To Do Is Humanize The Young People I Write About.

The Idea Of Voluntary Segregation Went Against Every Value I Had Been Taught. What Did Being Born Black Have To Do With Excellence?

Cutting People Out Of Your Life Is Easy, Keeping Them In Is Hard.

Each Generation Seems To Invent Its Own Reasons For War.

Within The Black Community, Roughly 60 Percent Of Children Are Born To Single Moms. Moms Don't Have The Emotional Wherewithal To Deal With Their Children. Their English Is Atrocious. Their Speaking Is Atrocious. The Dropout Rate Is Horrendous.