June Jordan quotes - page 2

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived. (June Jordan)
If any of us hopes to survive, s/he must meet the extremity of the American female condition with immediate and political response. The thoroughly destructive and indefensible subjugation of the majority of Americans cannot continue except at the peril of the entire body politic. View quote
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Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a woman as I am likely to want to love a man, and what about that? Isn't that what freedom implies? View quote
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My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting. He would tell me that if it was a big fight, it would probably be uneven, it wouldn't be fair. View quote
June Jordan

June Jordan

Occupation: American Poet
Born: July 9, 1936
Died: June 14, 2002
Quotes count: 29
Wikipedia: June Jordan

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