In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.

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Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.

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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you speak.

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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.

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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

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My children are delightful people, whom I would love even if they weren't my children.

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Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.

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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

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