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Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law.

June Jordan

June Jordan Biography

  Nationality: American
Type: Writer

Born: July 9, 1936
Death: June 14, 2002
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