| 00:00:07 |
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BELL HOOKS HAS WRITTEN BOOK FOR CHILDREN CALLED "HAPPY TO BE NAPPY." THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED "COMMUNE" IS AN INQUERY INTO LOVE. SHE WILL TAKE YOUR PHONE...
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| 00:00:48 |
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SILENT. IS THAT TRUE 13 YEARS LATER? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. WE HAVE FOUND OUR VOICE. >> AND HOW HAVE YOU FOUND IT? >> A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE...
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| 00:01:11 |
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AFRAID TO SPEAK, BUT IF WE'RE SILENT,
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| 00:01:13 |
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WE'RE STILL AFRAID, WE
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| 00:01:15 |
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HAVE TO SPEAK. WE SEE ALL OF THE WRITING COMING OUT OF THE EARLY YEARS OF FEMINISM FROM BLACK WOMEN OFTEN FOCUSED ON THE QUESTION OF HAVING A VOICE....
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| 00:02:13 |
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WHERE ARE WE MOVING IN THERE. HOW HAS THE TRANSITION
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| 00:02:15 |
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HAPPENED OR IS THERE A TRANSITION. >> I'M ALWAYS ORGANICALLY MOVING WITH THE CULTURE AS A WHOLE, IN THAT THE THEMES COMING UP IN MY LIFE AMONG
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| 00:02:24 |
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THE STUDENTS THAT I TEACH, AMONG THE NEIGHBORS THAT I TALK TO, AND PARTIALLY, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION OF LOVE KEPT COMING UP IN LOTS OF WAYS. I'M SINGLE,...
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| 00:02:39 |
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EX-BOYFRIEND, THAT SORT OF INSPIRED THE FIRST ALL ABOUT LOVE BOOK, AND, YOU KNOW, THE OBSESSION WITH LOVE THAT I HAVE HAD FOR A LONG TIME. LIKE MANY WRITERS,...
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| 00:03:16 |
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WOVEN THROUGH YOUR LIFE. I THINK ALL OF US HAVE THOSE
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| 00:03:19 |
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THREADS THAT ARE WOVEN THROUGH OUR LIVES AND, YOU KNOW, JAMES HILLMAN, THE WONDERFUL UNION PSYCHOANALYST HAS WRITTEN ABOUT LIFE MAPAND HOW THERE'S A DIFFERENT...
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| 00:04:12 |
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THAT BOOK ABOUT HOW WAITING FOR THE DECISION OF WHETHER YOU WERE GOING TO GET THE TENURE AND THE REACTION THAT YOU HAD AFTER YOU FOUND OUT YOU GOT TENURE,...
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| 00:04:25 |
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CONNIE, BECAUSE ALL
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| 00:04:26 |
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OF A SUDDEN, I CAN'T REMEMBER IT. THIS IS ONE OF THE HAZARDS OF HAVING WRITTEN MORE THAN 20 BOOKS IS THAT THINGS COME AND GO IN TERMS OF HOW I FELT ABOUT...
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| 00:04:43 |
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I HAD BEEN STRUGGLING FOR A LONG TIME WITH THE QUESTION OF HOW FREE CAN WE BE AS WRITERS IN THIS NATION WHEN WE'RE IN INSTITUTIONS. SO THAT'S AN ONGOING...
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| 00:05:35 |
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THESE DREAMS WERE NOT A RESPONSE TO A FEAR THAT I WOULD NOT
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| 00:05:39 |
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BE GRANTED
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| 00:05:42 |
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TENURE. THEY WERE A RESPONSE TO THE REALITY THAT I WOULD BE GRANTED TENURE. YOU GO ON TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT TEACHING WAS ONE OF THE THREE THINGS...
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| 00:06:18 |
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WORKER OR A TEACHER, BUT THERE WASN'T A LOT IN BETWEEN. WHAT MY SISTER TOLD ME REMINDED ME, THAT'S WHY IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE SISTERS, OF WHICH I HAVE...
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| 00:07:01 |
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YOU? WHERE DID YOUR MOM GROW UP. >> IN
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| 00:07:04 |
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HOP KINSVILLE,
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| 00:07:05 |
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KENTUCKY. >> WHAT WAS IT
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| 00:07:07 |
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LIKE GROWING UP
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| 00:07:08 |
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IN HOP KINSVILLE. >> THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT GROWING UP IN HOP KINSVILLE. I CONSIDER MYSELF A SOUTHERNER. PART OF WHAT I LIKED ABOUT GROWING...
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| 00:07:17 |
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TOWN WHERE YOU WERE KNOWN AND IN OUR TOWN A
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| 00:07:21 |
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SEGREGATED BLACK WORLD WHERE MANY BLACK PEOPLE WERE ACHIEVERS
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| 00:07:25 |
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IS THAT THAT WHOLE SENSE OF
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| 00:07:27 |
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HAVING A SORT OF CENTRAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE
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| 00:07:30 |
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ENVIRONMENT. I WRITE A LOT ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE OF MY GROWING UP. VEGETABLES, MAMA'S COOKING, MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE. ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WERE SO...
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| 00:08:26 |
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THE SCENT OF HAPPINESS. WITH
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| 00:08:28 |
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HIM ALL OF THE BROKEN BITS AND PIECES OF MY HEART COME TOGETHER AGAIN. MY VERY, VERY, VERY FAVORITE PERSON FROM GILDHOOD. DADDY GUS, MY MOTHER'S FATHER....
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| 00:08:58 |
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A LEGACY OF OUTSPOKEN WOMEN
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| 00:09:00 |
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BECAUSE CERTAINLY MY MOTHER'S MOTHER WAS A VERY OUTSPOKEN WOMAN, AND THAT SENSE OF THAT BEING A NATURAL PART OF WHO I AM AM. >> HOW OLD ARE -- WERE YOU...
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| 00:09:36 |
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FEMINIST THEORY FROM
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| 00:09:38 |
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MARGIN TO
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| 00:09:40 |
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CENTER. YOU KNOW, I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED THAT PICTURE BECAUSE OF THE DEEMY-EYED NATURE OF IT. I WAS
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| 00:09:45 |
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WRITING THE HARD-HITTING PROVOCATIVE, YOU KNOW, FEMINIST THEORY, BUT FOR ME, IT WAS ALL ABOUT DREAMING. I OFTEN HAVE SEEN MYSELF AS LIKE A SCIENTIST IN...
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| 00:10:50 |
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A PHOTO OF MY SISTER, ANGELA, WHO IS THE PERSON WHO BRAIDS MY HAIR MOST OFTEN, AND SHE BRAIDED IT FOR THE SHOW TODAY. I SAID TO HER, YOU KNOW, I WISH...
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| 00:11:06 |
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IS ABOUT LOVING OURSELVES JUST THE WAY WE ARE. YOU KNOW, WHEN I SIGNED THE BOOK HAPPY TO BE NAPPY, MY FIRST PUBLISHED CHILDREN'S BOOK, I ALWAYS FOUND...
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| 00:11:42 |
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AND TO SEE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE
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| 00:11:44 |
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CHILDREN HAVING THAT SENSATION THROUGH READING "HAPPY TO BE NAPPY." >> WHEN YOU-DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WROTE THIS, OR THIS WAS YOUR FIRST PUBLISHED...
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| 00:12:10 |
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MISS ROSE BELL IS A WONDER PFL COOK. JUST THE OTHER DAY I CALLED
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| 00:12:15 |
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HER AND
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| 00:12:16 |
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SHE WAS MAKING THE FRIED PIES THAT SHE USED TO MAKE IN OUR GIRLHOOD
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| 00:12:20 |
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AND WE WOULD COME HOME FROM SCHOOL AND THERE WOULD BE THESE INCREDIBLE SMELLS COMING FROM THE KITCHEN. MOM WOULD CALL US HER GIRL-PIES. ONE OF THE THINGS...
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| 00:13:14 |
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INFORMED ME, HOWEVER, THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE LOOKING AT "BOOKTV" AT ITS REGULAR TIME
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| 00:13:20 |
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BECAUSE SHE IS
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| 00:13:21 |
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A
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| 00:13:22 |
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CHURCH-GOING
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| 00:13:23 |
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WOMAN. MOM AND
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| 00:13:24 |
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DAD, THEY HAVE BEEN MARRIED 50 YEARS.
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| 00:13:26 |
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AND MOM IS SOMEONE, I THINK, WHO REALLY, YOU KNOW,
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| 00:13:33 |
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TRIED HARD TO BE THE EMBODIMENT OF THE PERFECT '50s WOMAN. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT SHE AND I WERE ALWAYS AT ODDS BECAUSE I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE MORE...
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| 00:14:45 |
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ONE E-MAIL CAME IN EARLY, AND THIS IS I'M SURE A QUESTION THAT YOU GET EVERY TIME, WHEN AND WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO USE ALL LOWER CASE LETTERS IN YOUR NAME?...
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| 00:15:14 |
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I WOULDN'T LEAVE YOUR FATHER OUT. >> IN THE LOWER CASE. >> SURE. >> BELL HOOKS, YOU KNOW, IS MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S NAME. EARLY ON IN FEMINIST MOVEMENT,
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| 00:15:25 |
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WE USED TO TALK ABOUT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT OUR NAMES, IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT WE'RE SAYING. WE CHOSE SUED ANYMORES OFTEN. AS
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| 00:15:34 |
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PEOPLE KNOW, WOMEN CHOSE THEM IN THE 19th
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| 00:15:36 |
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CENTURY.
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| 00:15:37 |
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FOR ME, I CHOSE THE LOWER CASE AS
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| 00:15:40 |
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DE-EMPHASIZING THE CHENS OF WHO IS SPOKING. BUT OFTEN IT HASN'T WORKED THAT WAY, BECAUSE IT HAS MADE PEOPLE OBSESSED WITH THE LOWER CASE. YOU WEREN'T...
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| 00:16:11 |
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| 00:16:12 |
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YOUR BRER. WHEN WAS THIS TAKEN >> DAD IS AN INCREDIBLY HANDSOME MAN. HE IS 80 YEARS OLD. WE HAD A WONDERFUL 80 BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR HIM. MY DAD WAS AND
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| 00:16:23 |
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IS A READER AND HE IS THE PERSON
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| 00:16:25 |
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THAT I WRITE ABOUT HAVING SO MUCH
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| 00:16:27 |
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INSPIRATION BOTH MOM AND DAD WERE READERS. BUT MY DAD HAD HIS SHELF OF BOOKS. YOU KNOW, HE WAS A BOXING FAN AND
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| 00:16:34 |
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A BOXER, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT MY FATHER CAME UP IN THAT GENERATION OF WORKING BLACK MEN WHO WERE THINKERS WHO FELT THAT...
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| 00:17:13 |
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HAS BECOME MORE MELLOW AND LOVING. WHEN WE HAVE THE REVOLUTION OF FECHL
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| 00:17:20 |
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NYMPH THAT AFFECTS MEN, MEN WILL NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE GETTING CLOSE TO DEATH TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE THEIR FEELING SIDES AND TO BE MORE EMOTIONALLY...
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| 00:17:51 |
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I'M THE PROUD FATHER OF THREE CHILDREN, ONE SON, JIMMY AND TWO
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| 00:17:54 |
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DAUGHTERS, JOSLYNN AND
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| 00:17:57 |
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JASMINE.
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| 00:17:58 |
Caller, -
I'M CURIOUS HOW I CAN INFUSE THEM WITH STRONG FEMINIST THEORY THAT I CAN GET OUT OF THEIR WAY AS A FATHER AND MAKE THEM TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT STRONG...
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| 00:18:32 |
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AS A SEXIST MAN BUT JUST IN HIS LOVE OF HIMSELF AND HIS RESPECT FOR THE WOMEN AROUND HIM, NOT DOMINATING, NON-VIOLENT MUTUALLY ENGAGING IN PARTNERSHIP...
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| 00:19:22 |
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HOOKS
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| 00:19:24 |
Caller, -
FILL LIST JASMINE GAVE ME HER
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| 00:19:27 |
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NAME. YOU KNOW, WE DO THE
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| 00:19:28 |
Caller, -
WORK OF TEN WOMEN OR MEN AT ONE TIME
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| 00:19:30 |
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WE
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| 00:19:32 |
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CAN'T REACH EVERYBODY. I SEE HER ON TELEVISION AND SHE'S SO BEAUTIFULFUL AND WOND EVERYFUL AND WE HAVE TO GIVE ANOTHER ONE TO HONOR HER. I TELL HER THAT,...
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| 00:20:10 |
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I THINK ALL WRITERS FEEL GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE READERS WHO ARE MOVED BY OUR WORK, AND I DO THAT THE SAME WAY I'M TELLING THE AUDIENCES. I GO TO THE...
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| 00:20:41 |
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IN ANY EVENT AFTER READING YOUR BOOK, "BLACK WOMEN AND SELF-RECOVERY" I HAVE SINCE TAKEN WITH ME THE NOTION THAT, OF COURSE,
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| 00:20:51 |
Caller, -
AS SOON
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| 00:20:52 |
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AS AND AS YOU ATTEST TO IN YOUR BOOK,
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| 00:20:55 |
Caller, -
BLACK FEMALES HAVE A PECULIAR STRUGGLE IN TERMS OF THE ACADEMY. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN NO SUPPORT FROM GRADUATE SCHOOL. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ...
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| 00:21:51 |
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TO LOOK IN UNEXPECTED PLACES. OFTEN I HAVE BEEN HELPED OR GUIDED BY SOMEONE THAT IF I HAD BEEN FOLLOWING, YOU KNOW, SET NOTIONS OF WHO COULD BE A PERSON...
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| 00:23:32 |
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GOOD AND BAD, INFERIOR AND SUPERIOR. THAT'S THE ROOT OF DOMINATION.
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| 00:23:37 |
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FOR ME IT LED ME FIRST TO ISLAMIC, THE SUPI POETS. I STARTED AS A WRITER AND POET, AND TO BUDDHISM AS I MET POET GARY SNYDER WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD...
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| 00:24:41 |
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BASIC SELF-ESTEEM. I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE
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| 00:24:46 |
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ONGOING STRUGGLES COLLECTIVELY AFRICAN-AMERICANS CONFRONT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURAL WHITE SUPREMACY. HOW CAN WE BUILD A HEALTHY SELF-ESTEEM...
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| 00:25:25 |
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YOUNG WHITE WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHER, CONSTANCE LARRABY.
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| 00:25:31 |
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SHE DIED SHORTLY BEFORE THE BOOK CAME OUT. I WAS SAD THAT SHE DEPARTMENT GET TO SEE THE PHOTO. HER WORK IS AT THE SMITHSONIAN. SHE CAME HER FROM SOUTH...
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| 00:26:49 |
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EASIER FOR ME GROWING UP WITH THAT RURAL BACKGROUND.
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| 00:26:56 |
Caller, -
WHAT SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU INSPIRED YOU OR JUST GAVE YOU THAT INSPIRATION TO MAKE IT OUT, IN A WAY? >> WELL, I HAVE TO GO BACK AGAIN TO THE CHURCH. I...
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| 00:27:21 |
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IN HOP KINSVILLE, KENTUCKY, AND WE OFTEN GREW UP HEARING THAT HE WAS A DISTANT COUSIN. I THINK FOR MANY KENTUCKIANS, THE CHURCH, BLACK KENTUCKIANS PARTICULARLY,...
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| 00:28:44 |
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HAVE HELPED
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| 00:28:46 |
Caller, -
ME SHIELD MYSELF FROM THE WAY THAT WHITE SUPREMACY TELLS OUR STORY OR THEIR DISTORTED VERSION OF IT. I WONDER ABOUT HOW WE AS BLACK PEOPLE AND BASICALLY...
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| 00:29:38 |
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ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA. EARLIER TODAY I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT C-SPAN AND NOT JUST BECAUSE I'M ON IT, BUT BECAUSE...
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| 00:31:12 |
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AND IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS BECAUSE IT'S THE JUXTAPOSITION BECAUSE MEDIA NOT ONLY PORTRAYS CULTURE BUT MAKES CULTURE. >> WHO IS ON THE COVER. >>...
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| 00:31:45 |
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I WANT
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| 00:31:46 |
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TO TELL YOU, YOU HAVE SUCH JOY ON YOUR FACE. I DON'T HAVE THAT JOY. AND HERE IS A SHORT POEM THAT I WANT TO DEDICATE YOU TO. IT'S VERY SHORT. BLACK WOMAN....
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| 00:32:01 |
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RIGHT NOW,
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| 00:32:02 |
Caller, -
BLACK WOMAN, YOU ARE WORTHY OF YOUR EARTHLY PRESENCE. IN THE BEGINNING OF GOD'S EARTHLY PARADISE, THE SNAKE OF SATAN DECEIVED THE BLACK MOTHER OF ALL...
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| 00:33:22 |
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LOOK SO HARSH. YET, WHEN I HAVE THEM GO OUT AND DO THEIR WORK ABOUT FINDING OUT THE STATISTICS ABOUT OUR HEALTH, HEART DISEASE, THE FACT THAT WE'RE MORE...
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| 00:34:47 |
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WOMEN ENMASS HAVEN'T BEEN THAT ENGAGED WITH FEMINISM EITHER, BUT CERTAINLY THERE HAVE BEEN MORE WHITE WOMEN INVOLVED IN THE MOVEMENT, BUT THERE ARE...
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| 00:34:57 |
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OUR NATION. BLACK WOMEN HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO CRITIQUE SEXISM AND GAUGE THE MOVEMENT THAT I WOULD CHANGE IT, BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO BE IN HARMONY AND...
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| 00:36:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 00:36:13 |
Caller, -
ALL LIKE AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO STOP SPENDING THE MILLIONS THAT WE SPEND ON HAIR CARE PRODUCTS
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| 00:36:18 |
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TO STRAYSEN OUR HAIR AND SPEND IT ON THINK
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| 00:36:21 |
Caller, -
TANKS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND READING AND LITERACY, BUT WE CAN'T BEGIN TO DO THAT UNTIL WE START LOVING OURSELVES JUST THE WAY WE ARE. THERE'S A LINE...
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| 00:36:31 |
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NAPPY" WHERE IT SAYS THAT IT'S NICE WHEN OUR SMELLS CLEAN AND SWEET, IT'S SHOST LIKE COTTON, FLOWER PETAL BILLOWY SOFT. LITTLE BLACK GIRLS COME UP TO...
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| 00:37:52 |
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SOUL" BLACK PEOPLE AND SELF-ESTEEM, I TALK ABOUT THE INTENSE BODY
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| 00:37:57 |
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HATRED THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PART OF BLACK PEOPLE'S REALITY IN THE UNITED STATES. >> DO YOU THINK IT'S ONLY BLACK PEOPLE? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT, BUT I THINK...
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| 00:38:21 |
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WRITERS THAT HAVE WRITTEN, ORLANDO
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| 00:38:24 |
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PATTERSON'S WORK, THERE IS A SPECIAL HATRED THAT WHITE SUPREMACY RESERVES FOR BLACK PEOPLE. IT COMES OUT IN WHAT WE EXPECT AND HOW WE VIEW BLACK PEOPLE,...
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| 00:40:24 |
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TESTING AND OUR ABILITY TO TOUCH ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND
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| 00:40:26 |
Caller, -
RESPECT THAT IN THE CLASSROOM. >> I THINK THAT FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO GIVE PRAISE TO ALL OF THE TEACHERS IN FLINT, MICHIGAN, AND IN FACT COMING THERE...
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| 00:40:48 |
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GWENDA WHAT IS ONE OF MY SUPPORTERS. FOR ME, THE ISSUE OF EDUCATION STARTS, I DON'T THINK WE CAN COME IN AND CHALLENGE STANDARDIZED TESTING. FIRST AND...
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| 00:41:48 |
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I LOVE THAT SENSE OF EDUCATION MOVING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM,
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| 00:41:51 |
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MOVING FROM, YOU KNOW, UPTOWN TO DOWNTOWN. I'M A FAN OF LANGSTON HUGHES. MY SENSE OF MOVING FROM THE WEST VILLAGE TO HARLEM AND I HEAR HIS POEMS IN MY...
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| 00:42:56 |
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FEEL LIKE THAT I'M IN THE MIDST OF PSYCHOHISTORY OF WONDERFUL WRITERS IN THE WEST VILLAGE. I HAVE SAT THERE WITH AMENA
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| 00:43:05 |
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AND MARY BARACCA AND TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY. IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE IN THE CITY. I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE SAY, HOW CAN YOU BE WITHOUT NATURE. MY STREET...
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| 00:43:40 |
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BUDDHIST ALTAR WITHOR
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| 00:43:44 |
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KIDS. I'M A BIGGOR KID FAN. THEY'RE A HARDY AND BEAUTIFUL PLANT. I THINK
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| 00:43:50 |
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ABOUT THEM WHEN I THINK
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| 00:43:51 |
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ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE, THE BEAUTY OF SOMETHING THAT ENDURES AND SUSTAINS AND RERESURRECTS ITSELF. >> SO, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WRITE IN THE PLACE...
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| 00:44:22 |
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I JUST SORT OF SIT THERE. I HAND WRITE A LOT. YOU KNOW,
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| 00:44:26 |
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WHEN I KNEW THAT C-SPAN WAS COMING AND GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY WRITING WORLD. I SAID, THERE WOULDN'T BE A HUGE COMPUTER. I HANDWRITING AND I USE A...
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| 00:45:01 |
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OR, YOU KNOW, THAT SENSE
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| 00:45:03 |
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OF CONTEMPLATION BECAUSE I FEEL FIRST AND FOREMOST IN MY LIFE, I'M A CON TEMP LA TIFF.
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| 00:45:12 |
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WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME TO DEFINE
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| 00:45:15 |
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MYSELF, I'M A SEEKER ON THE PATH. THAT SENSE OF SPIRITUAL JOURNEY IS THE CORE OF MY BEING. THAT ENCLOSED SPACE OF CONTEMPLATION OF SILENCE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY...
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| 00:45:49 |
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MEMORY AND THE PAINTINGS THAT I DID FOR A SHOW
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| 00:45:53 |
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IN SAN FRANCISCO, BUT THAT LITTLE CHAIR IS QUITE COMFORTABLE. I HAVE WRITTEN ALL OF THESE MANY MANY BOOKS SITTING IN THAT CHAIR. BUT PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS...
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| 00:46:35 |
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HAVE A PAINTING IN HERE THAT IS IN HONOR OF THE FOUR LITTLE GIRLS WHO WERE KILLED IN BIRMINGHAM, CYNTHIA,
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| 00:46:43 |
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DENISE,
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| 00:46:44 |
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| 00:46:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 00:46:47 |
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ADDIE, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT SO OFTEN PEOPLE FORGET THOSE
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| 00:46:50 |
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LITTLE GIRLS, AND THEY FORGET THEIR MARTYRDOM. SO, I WANTED TO HAVE A PIECE OF ART THAT WOULD SHOW THEIR IMAGES. DENISE, CAROL, ADDIE AND SINT YARX...
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| 00:50:00 |
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SURVIVE COLLEGE IN OPPRESSIVE NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.
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| 00:50:05 |
Caller, -
I FELT YOUR WORDS WHEN YOU SMOKE OF YOUR MOTHER IN THAT BOOK AND "TEACHING TO TRANSGRESS" IS SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY EXPLORING AND GOING BACK TO RIGHT...
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| 00:51:08 |
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SATISFIED CERTAIN NEEDS. THREE THINGS THAT I WOULD INSTILL. I WOULD SAY FIRST OF ALL, POSITIVE THINKING. THE BELIEF THAT EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. AND...
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| 00:51:57 |
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WITH A RED BACKGROUND. >> I HAVE BEEN TELLING CONNIE THAT I'M ALWAYS INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN OF MY COVERS. YOU KNOW, I THINK TO HAVE THIS LITTLE BLACK...
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| 00:52:07 |
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WHEN TONY MORRISON WROTE, "THE BLUEST EYE" I SHOULD TELL AUDIENCES THAT I WHOT MY P.H.D. DISSERTATION ON TONI
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| 00:52:18 |
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MORRISON.
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| 00:52:20 |
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SHE LOOKED AROUND HER AND THERE WEREN'T BOOKS WITH LITTLE BLACK GIRLS AT THE CENTER WHEN SHE WROTE "THE BLUEST EYE." WHICH I THINK IS ONE OF THE GREATEST...
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| 00:55:23 |
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WITHOUT
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| 00:55:25 |
Caller, -
SORT OF AN INSTITUTION INTO DIFFERENT CULTURAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF WHAT IT IS TO BE A WOMAN? >> WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IF WE WANT TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY,...
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| 00:55:55 |
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AS OPPOSED TO BRINGING OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE LIVES OF PEOPLE TO THOSE COUNTRIES. I'M A BIG FAN OF THE WORK OF THELIA EISENSTEIN WHO HAS WRITTEN ABOUT...
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| 00:58:02 |
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BLACK COMMUNITY AND IT SEEMS TO FALL ON DEAF EARS. DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THE SAME ISSUES? HOW I DO GET THEM TO HEAR AND FEEL ME? >> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT...
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| 00:58:31 |
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PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. IF WE WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE CHANGE, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. NOT FEEL THAT WE CAN CHANGE SOMEONE...
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| 00:59:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO INTRODUCE
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| 00:59:54 |
Caller, -
THIS TOPIC.
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| 00:59:55 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I'M A
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| 00:59:56 |
Caller, -
30-YEAR-OLD MOTHER. AT THE AGE OF 28 I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. I WENT THROUGH THE CHEMO AND EVERYTHING AND I LOST MY SHOULDER-LENGTH HAIR. I...
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| 01:00:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ONES WITH THE
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| 01:00:33 |
Caller, -
LONG SILKY. SHE HAD MY ORIGINAL HAIR, VERY THICK, HARD TO MANAGE, HARD TO CONTROL. NOW THAT I LOOK AT IT, LOSING MY HAIR WAS THE BEST THING FOR ME BECAUSE...
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| 01:01:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NATURAL. WE HAVE TO TALK
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| 01:01:38 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE HOURS IT MAY TAKE TO COME OUT HAIR THAT IS NAPPY, BUT THOSE HOURS CAN BE SEEN AS JOYOUS. THEY CAN BE SEEN AS A KIND OF MEDICATION....
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| 01:02:33 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MARKISM, BUT WHAT
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| 01:02:34 |
Caller, -
IS THE RELEVANCE OF THE MARKISM IN THE LIGHT OF THE ENRON SCANDALS AND THE ALIENATION OF WHAT PEOPLE FEEL GOING THROUGH THE WORK DAY BEING SEPARATED FROM...
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| 01:03:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I'M WRITING BOOKS. THERE ARE TIMES THAT I HAVE TAKEN A BREAK FROM MAGAZINES, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANCE BEYOND THAT. >> HIS QUESTION ABOUT MARKISM....
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| 01:03:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
STAND
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| 01:03:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CLASS MATTERS I THINK AFFECT US TODAY AND THE PALT YARKY. CHRISTIANITY IS PATRIARCHAL. MARXISM. WE ARE ALL SMART ENOUGH AS WOMEN AND MEN TO BE ABLE TO...
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| 01:04:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU'RE ON THE AIR, SIR. GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> Caller: HELLO, HOW ARE YOU DOING, MISS HOOK. MY NAME IS AT KIN MOSES, I'M A STUDENT AT NYU. I...
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| 01:04:56 |
Caller, -
THE BLACK CULTURE, AND WE
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| 01:04:58 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT
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| 01:05:01 |
Caller, -
FEMALE MOVES AND HIP-HOP AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK ABOUT THAT LIKE LIL KIM AND QUEEN LATIFAH, HAVING A RUGGED, RAW, GHETTO A LITTLE BIT,...
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| 01:05:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LITTLE KIM. HER RESPONSES TO MY QUESTIONS ABOUT LOVE INSPIRED ME TO WRITE ALL ABOUT LOVE. WHAT I SEE IS SHE TOLD ME YEARS AGO THAT SHE WOULDN'T BE IN...
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| 01:07:25 |
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OR
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| 01:07:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RACISM. SEE THIS MOVIE, BUT REMEMBER THESE ARE NOT REAL BLACK MEN THAT YOU ARE SAYING. YOU ARE SEEING A RACIST WHITE PERSON'S IDEA OF BLACK MEN. I...
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| 01:08:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT'S MY VERSION OF MYSELF AS THE
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| 01:08:18 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THINKER. AS AUDIENCES CAN SEE, I'M FREQUENTLY PUTTING MY HAND IN THAT POSITION HERE. >> YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A LOT THEN. >> HOW OLD WERE YOU THEN? >> MY...
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| 01:08:35 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT IS OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE. MY MOTHER'S MOTHER'S HOUSE. I HAD GOTTEN A GRANT TO DO THIS PROJECT ABOUT HER HOUSE. NOW, THE IMAGE IN MY -- THE
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| 01:08:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ACTUAL
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| 01:08:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IMAGE HAS WRITING AT THE END
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| 01:08:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF IT, IT SAYS, MY HEART IS BURNING IN THIS HOUSE
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| 01:08:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHERE LOVE WAS, WHERE
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| 01:08:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I DREAMED IN THE DARK MY DEEPEST DREAMS BECAUSE SHORTLY OF -- BEFORE I DID THIS ARTWORK, THE HOUSE CAUGHT ON FIRE. AND MY MOTHER HAD, BECAUSE IT'S A...
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| 01:09:58 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE DEAD MENTOR PEOPLE. THOMAS MERTON,
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| 01:10:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA. THE WRITERS THAT GUIDE MY VISION AND THAT INFORMED "WOUNDS OF PASSION." >> YOU SAID THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHER DIDN'T LIKE THIS? >>...
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| 01:10:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AHEAD. >> Caller: YES. HOW ARE YOU DOING, MISS HOOKS.
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| 01:10:34 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I'M A RETURNING COLLEGE STUDENT IN MY 40s HERE IN RICHMOND, STUDYING FILM WITH AN ASPIRATION TO CONTINUE A FILM PRODUCER AND PERHAPS CHANGE SOME OF THE
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| 01:10:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IMAGES.
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| 01:10:48 |
Caller, -
FOR SO MANY
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| 01:10:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YEARS I HAVE
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| 01:10:51 |
Caller, -
HEARD ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS, MANY OF WHICH I FEEL ARE LEGITIMATE ABOUT OUR PORTRAYAL IN FILM. MY QUESTION IS DON'T WE HAVE AS BLACK MEN AND WOMEN MORE...
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| 01:13:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TIME.
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| 01:13:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE FEELING OPPRESSED OR IMPOSED UPON, THEY WANT TO HUNKER DOWN WITH THEIR OWN KIND. I HEAR THAT SOME FROM MY WHITE MALE STUDENTS WHO...
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| 01:15:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CALLER WAS TALKING ABOUT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I PROPOSED AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF "YEARNING" IS RATHER THAN TAKING LOOKS AT WHAT DIVIDES US AS PEOPLE,...
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| 01:15:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BRINGS US TOGETHER. SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SUGGESTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS BOOK IS THAT WE SHARE A YEARNING IN COMMON. YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE EVERYONE...
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| 01:16:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THE FIRST ONE IS ONE THAT POPPED OUT AND I HEARD ANOTHER CALLER TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE
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| 01:16:50 |
Caller, -
VICTIM, THE WOMAN THAT HAD CANCER AND LOST HER BRAIDS. I HAVE VIEWED THE BRAIDS AS A SYMBOL OF STRENGTH AND PROGRESSION. I'M NOT AFRICAN-AMERICAN. I'M...
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| 01:17:39 |
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BE IN YOUR NATURAL HAIR WITH YOUR BRAIDS. I THINK THAT WHEN I TALK ABOUT BRAIDS, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE GOING OUT AND SPENDING THEIR LAST MONEY....
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| 01:19:59 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT AS
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| 01:20:01 |
Caller, -
THE ANSWER WHETHER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PATRIARCHY OR RACE OR CLASS IS MUTUAL PARTNERSHIP. I DON'T BELIEVE -- I'M NOT ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVES...
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| 01:20:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THEIR THINKING AS MEN. MANY MATE AFTERNOONAL SOCIETIES WERE BASED ON THE SAME NOTIONS OF DOMINATION AS PATRIARCHY, THEY WERE JUST INVERTED. WHEN WOMEN...
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| 01:21:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU NAMED EXACTLY WHAT I TELL
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| 01:21:39 |
Caller, -
WOULD-BE WRITERS AND WRITERS IN DISTRESS, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BLOCKED BY THEIR INABILITY TO JUST DO THE WRITING WITHOUT JUDGMENT. YOU KNOW, ONE OF...
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| 01:21:55 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ENORMOUSLY GIFTED, EVEN THOUGH HE CAN PLAY SO WELL, HE HAS TO PRACTICE. THE SAME IS TRUE OF WRITING. WRITING IS A CRAFT AND A DISCIPLINE AND I WRITE,...
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| 01:23:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU KNOW OF THE ECSTASY OF WRITING, NOT AT ALL. I THINK OF "REMEMBERED RAPTURE" CAME CLOSE IN VOICING SOME OF THAT SENSE OF WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO JUST...
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| 01:23:23 |
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LOVE." >> YEAH, I WILL. >> SOMEHOW I TELL ME, A LOT OF TIMES THINGS COME TO ME IN MY SLEEP, AND I WAKE UP AND I GO TO THE DESK AND "HOMEMADE LOVE" IS...
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| 01:23:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MAMA CALLS ME GIRL-PIE, HER SWEET,
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| 01:23:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SWEET DADDY'S HONEY BUN, CHOCOLATE DEW-DROP HOMEMADE LOVE. IT JUST SORT OF CAME.
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| 01:23:59 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT'S WHEN I WORKED WITH
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| 01:24:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE DIVINE. HE SAID, THE ILLUSTRATOR, WHAT'S A CHOCOLATE DEW-DROP. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE POWER OF THE IMAGINATION. THE THINKER AND WRITER AND TALKING...
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| 01:25:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IMMEDIATELY REACT WITH FEAR. AND ANIMALS ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN. IF YOU ARE THE PARENT OR THE
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| 01:25:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OWNER OF THE DOG AND YOU ARE SHOWING FEAR, THE DOG MAY RESPOND HOSTILELY. I THINK WHAT HAS HAPPENED FOR MANY BLACK PEOPLE ENCOUNTERING WHILE PEOPLE AND...
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| 01:27:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 01:27:15 |
Caller, -
NOW AND I LIKE IT CHALLENGES EVERYDAY THINKING IN SOCIETY. BLESS YOUR HEART IN CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU WERE MEANT TO DO. >> WELL, I THINK IT'S...
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| 01:27:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO TEACH ACROSS BOUNDARIES, AND IT'S AMAZING TO THINK ABOUT, FOR ME AS A WRITER, I FEEL AN INTELLECTUAL WHO THOUGHT...
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| 01:28:41 |
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COMMUNITY. AND WHEN I READ,
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| 01:28:42 |
Caller, -
IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO READ "TREECHG TO TRANSGRESS" BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE YOU APPLY THOSE SAME METHODS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE CLASSROOM WHERE PEOPLE...
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| 01:29:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
COMMUNITY TOGETHER, YOU LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE, YOU LEARN HOW TO DIALOG ACROSS DIFFERENCES, YOU LEARN HOW TO PROBLEM-SOLVE TOGETHER, SO A LOT OF THOSE...
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| 01:31:56 |
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LISTEN THROUGH YOUR EARPIECE. >> Caller: OKAY. I WAS JUST CALLING TO TELL
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| 01:31:59 |
Caller, -
YOU THAT WE'RE PROUD OF YOU IN
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| 01:32:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY. I AM A FRIEND OF YOUR FAMILY. AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR SURROUNDINGS AS FAR AS YOUR
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| 01:32:10 |
Caller, -
CHURCH AND HOW YOU GREW UP. AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU
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| 01:32:13 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
KNOW THAT WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF YOU HERE. >> WELL, I'LL BE IN
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| 01:32:17 |
Caller, -
HOPKINSVILLE SOON, WE'RE ALL COMING HOME TO SEE MOM FOR MOTHERS DAY. AND HOPKINSVILLE, IT WILL ALWAYS HAVE THAT SPECIAL PLACE FOR ME AS THAT PLACE WHERE...
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| 01:32:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY IN CHICAGO. BUT I GO EVERYWHERE, EVERY TIME I'M ON TOUR, TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES BECAUSE THEY WERE THE REAL CENTER OF MY GROWTH...
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| 01:33:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FRIEND TRIED TO INTRODUCE ME TO YOUR WORK SOMETIME BACK BUT I GOT TURNED OFF TO FEMINISM IN COLLEGE BECAUSE MOST OF THE FEMINIST I MET AND READ SEEM...
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| 01:34:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
JUST A MILITANT, RADICAL FEMINIST THINKER AND SO OFTEN WHEN PEOPLE MEET ME AND THEY SEE THIS LOVING SPIRIT BECAUSE I THINK VISIONARY FEMINISM IS ALWAYS...
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| 01:35:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MEDIA NEVER LEFT ME. I HAVE SINCE READ THREE OF YOUR URBAN FEEL THAT TERMS LIKE WHITE SPREM I CYST PARTICIPATE TREE ARY TEND TO TURN A LOT OF WHITE...
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| 01:35:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RECOVERY MOVEMENTS. I'M REALLY A POSITIVE PERSON FOR ALL THE CRITIQUES I WOULD BRING TO BEAR ON AA OR NA, I'M POSITIVE ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF...
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| 01:37:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF FRAN. WE'RE WORKING WITH EMORY
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| 01:37:11 |
Caller, -
UNIVERSITY TO DO A NEW PROJECT, SHOWCASING THE BEAUTY IN WOMEN. WE'RE CALLING IT "SISTER FLOWERS" AND CONNECTING THE BEAUTY AND ALL WOMEN IN ALL COUNTRY...
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| 01:37:56 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE LAST IN THE LOVE TRILOGY BECAUSE IT'S CALLED "COMMUNION, THE FEMALE SEARCH FOR LOVE," AND REALLY IT'S A RESPONSE TO AS ALL THE LOVE BOOKS WERE TO...
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| 01:39:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MAGICAL SERENDIPITY. WHEN I WENT INTO A STORE, I WRITE ABOUT FASHION AND I'M A REAL FASHION-OBSESSED GIRL. AND I
|
| 01:39:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WENT TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOUTIQUES IN SOHO AND THEY HAD ONE OF MARSHA'S PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE WALL. AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL DO YOU KNOW...
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| 01:41:38 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WOULD TALK ABOUT WHETHER YOU SEE SOME OF THE RACISM WITHIN THE FEMINIST
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| 01:41:44 |
Caller, -
MOVEMENT OF THE '70S AND '80s HEALING AND INCLUDING AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN, WHERE YOU SEE A FUTURE OF THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT IN ANY WAY. >> FIRST OF ALL...
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| 01:42:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BETWEEN 10 WHITE PEOPLE WHO ARE RACIST AND WON'T CHANGE AND ONE WHITE PERSON WHO IS DIVESTING OF THEIR RACISM, I KNOW WHO I'M GOING TO CHOOSE. AND RATHER...
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| 01:46:09 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WRITING. BECAUSE THIS LITTLE BOOK KIND OF RIFTS AROUND I BE BOY LAUGHING, I BE BOY
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| 01:46:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CRYING, AND IT TRIES TO CREATE A UNIVERSE FOR A BOY WHERE THERE IS A RANGE OF EMOTIONALITY BECAUSE WE OFTEN DON'T ALLOW BOYS THAT RANGE OF EMOTIONALITY....
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| 01:46:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
EARLIER. >> I THINK
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| 01:46:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHENEVER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ADDICTION, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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| 01:46:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DRUG ADDICTION, SEX ADDICTION,
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| 01:46:54 |
Caller, -
SHOPPING ADDICTION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LAWS OF THE INABILITY TO FEEL. BECAUSE WE'RE USUALLY, WHEN WE'RE ADDICTED TO ANYTHING, WE'RE USUALLY TRYING...
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| 01:47:09 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ROCK MY SOUL, BLACK PEOPLE AND SELF-ESTEEM, "BECAUSE IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING TO CLEAN UP DRUGS ALL AROUND OUR NATION, THE FACT...
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| 01:48:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
INHERITED THE PHOTOGRAPH. >> THIS ONE HERE. >> WHICH ARE OF LITTLE GIRLS IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AND TOOK THAT PHOTOGRAPH AND CREATED THIS PAINTING. AND...
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| 01:49:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT'S A CONTEMPORARY OF ROMEER BEARDDON, SHE WAS ONE OF THE ONLY WOMEN IN THE GROUP CALLED SPIRAL. SHE'S A FASTBALLS ARTIST WHO
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| 01:49:13 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LIVES IN NEW YORK CITY. AND IT WAS
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| 01:49:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MY FIRST SENSE OF -- WHEN I MET HER I WAS SO CONCERNED THAT MORE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT HER WORK, AND IT WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT TO USE A BOOK COVER TO...
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| 01:50:09 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HAN, VIETNAMESE PEOPLE MAINLY BUT HE ALLOWED ME TO COME. I WAS HAVING AN AUDIENCE WITH
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| 01:50:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HIM, FOR SOME REASON IN MY LIFE IN THE WEEKS BEFORE I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING LOTS OF RACIAL INJUSTICE, I WAS ANGRY AT MY EX-BOYFRIEND AND I WENT INTO...
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| 01:51:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BEEN BECAUSE
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| 01:51:31 |
Caller, -
OF THE WAY I WAS TREATED YOUNGER IN MY 20s
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| 01:51:33 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND WORK AND ALL THAT.
|
| 01:51:35 |
Caller, -
BUT I HAVE GOTTEN RID OF ALL THE MEDICATIONS AND ALL THE DOCTORS AND JUST DETERMINED THAT THERE'S NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO HEAL MYSELF. AND I WANT TO THANK...
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| 01:52:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT'S A HIGH CALLING TO BE ABLE TO WRITE BOOKS IN LANGUAGE THAT HAS COMPLICATED IDEAS BUT THAT ARE IN LANGUAGE THAT EVERYBODY CAN READ AND DRAW MORE PEOPLE...
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| 01:52:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 01:52:47 |
Caller, -
CONFEMLATIVES, THEY'RE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT A VARIETY
|
| 01:52:50 |
Caller, -
OF THINGS IN LIFE BOTH SPIRITUAL AND POLITICAL. IF YOU READ MY LOVE BOOKS YOU'LL SEE ME QUOTING MARTIN ON LOVE
|
| 01:52:57 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND CHALLENGE AROUND DIVERSITY. MARTIN'S CONTACTS WITH CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, IF PEOPLE READ WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT RACE, AND OF COURSE I HAVE TO...
|
| 01:54:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DIVINELY BLESSED TO BE AN INTELLECTUAL TO TALK WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. BECAUSE I FEEL I TRY TO EMBODY THAT
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| 01:55:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SPIRIT OF LOVING KINDNESS, OF ONENESS THAT I THINK IS NEEDED TO CREATE BELOVED COMMUNITY. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THAT ONE CAN BE...
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| 01:56:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BE ABLE TO BUILD OR CREATE WOULD BE CHILDREN.
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| 01:56:11 |
Caller, -
AND I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, FIVE AND SIX, AND I'M AROUND A LOT OF WOMEN, MOTHERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I COME FROM AN IRISH IMMIGRANT MOTHER WHO WAS...
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| 01:57:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
EMOTIONAL FLAME, THEN THAT FLAME IS ENDANGERED. BUT IT'S NOT ENDANGERED BECAUSE OF FEM I NEXT, IT'S ENDANGERED BECAUSE PATRIARCH CAL CULTURE CONTINUES...
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| 01:59:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AS A -- IN MY LATE TEENS AND EARLY 20s, IN FACT I WAS A
|
| 01:59:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MILITANT MALCOLM X KIND OF
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| 01:59:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
GIRL. AND IT'S REALLY BEEN IN THE
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| 01:59:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MORE RECENT YEARS OLD OF MY LIFE WHERE I'VE TRULY GONE BACK AND STUDIED THE LATER WRITINGS OF DR. KING IN A TESTAMENT OF HOPE YOU CAN READ SOME OF THOSE...
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| 02:01:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR FEMINIST -- IN MY PRACTICUM IS HOW DO WE GET STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY FEMALE STUDENTS, TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE WITH THE TOPIC...
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| 02:01:13 |
Caller, -
FEMINISM AS
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| 02:01:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SOMETHING
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| 02:01:15 |
Caller, -
THAT THEY CAN ACCEPT FOR THEMSELVES, REFUSE STUDENTS WHO ARE ALWAYS SAYING THINGS LIKE I'M NOT A FEMINIST BUT, AND THEN THEY GO ON SAY SOMETHING LIKE...
|
| 02:02:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OPPRESSION, NOW, NOTICE THAT THAT DEFINITION WHICH I FIRST CAME UP WITH IN FEMINIST THEORY, DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT MEN, IT DOESN'T PIT MEN AGAINST...
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| 02:04:21 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I LOVE READING MY BIBLE AND EVERY DAY I PRAY AND I SAY THE 23rd PSALM AND THEN I DO MY BUDDHIST PRACTICE, YOU KNOW, I THINK
|
| 02:04:29 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT'S A KIND OF MOVEMENT AWAY FROM THE IDEA OF RELIGION IN THAT SORT OF DOGMATIC -- DOGMATIC SENSE, THE IDEA OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE. I'M A BIG FAN OF THE...
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| 02:05:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
POPULAR EDUCATION
|
| 02:05:53 |
Caller, -
WITH YOUR -- WITH THE CONCEPT OF A LOVE EVOLUTION AND HOW WE COULD PROMOTE TRANSNATIONAL DIALOG, MORE TOWARDS THE IDEA OF WHAT MALCOLM X WAS TRYING TO...
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| 02:06:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ASSOCIATED WHITE SUPREMACY WITH WHITE PEOPLE IN SOME KIND OF BLANKET SENSE. SO I THINK THAT PART, AGAIN, WHEN WE WANT TO BRING THAT TEACHING OF COMMUNITY...
|
| 02:08:09 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND I'M HOPING THAT THAT WILL
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| 02:08:10 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HAPPEN. AND I'M MYSELF CONTINUALLY
|
| 02:08:13 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
STUDYING SPANISH SO THAT I CAN SPEAK. >> >>
|
| 02:08:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DAVIS, CALIFORNIA YOU'RE NEXT GO AHEAD. >> Caller: I'M A DOCTORAL STUDENT AT UC DAVIS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK WHICH HAS COMMENTS SO MUCH...
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| 02:08:35 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WOOD, AND SHEILA WHO
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| 02:08:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ALSO BLICIALSES IN SOUTH END PRESS. IF YOU'RE
|
| 02:08:40 |
Caller, -
READING THESE PEOPLE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ECO FEMINIST THEORY ABOUT THE TERM AND CONNECTION TO MAIN TREAM FEMINIST THEORY. >> WE HAVE TO -- THAT...
|
| 02:09:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, COMING OFTEN FROM VERY PRIVILEGED BACKGROUNDS WHERE THEY NEVER SEEM TO CONSIDER RACE OR ISSUES OF CLASS PRIVILEGE. BUT THAT DOESN'T...
|
| 02:11:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WERE SO STUNNED AND THEY SAID TO ME OH,
|
| 02:11:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BUT THERE'S THIS WONDERFUL,
|
| 02:11:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU KNOW, FANCY STORE THAT YOU COULD GO TO AND I HAD MY FLING WITH THE FANCY
|
| 02:11:59 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
STORES, I WAS A LOVER OF BARNEY'S IN NEW YORK, I THOUGHT WAIT A MINUTE THERE'S SOMETHING MORE VITAL FOR THE PLANET THAT I COULD BE DOING WITH MY MONEY....
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| 02:13:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BETWEEN THE TWO. I WAS
|
| 02:13:32 |
Caller, -
RUNNING A WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER AT
|
| 02:13:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TEXAS WOMEN'S
|
| 02:13:37 |
Caller, -
UNIVERSITY, AND THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG BLACK WOMAN CAME IN. AND WE DID SORT OF A DANCE THERE FOR A WHILE, NOT KNOWING -- BOTH OF US ADMIRED EACH OTHER...
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| 02:15:09 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WOMAN BUT SHE NEVER NOTICED THAT EVERYWHERE THEY WENT OUT THEY WENT OUT TO PLACES THAT WERE WHITE. FINALLY THE BLACK WOMAN SAID TO HER CAN WE EVER GO...
|
| 02:17:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHENEVER YOU'RE TRULY LOVING, YOU KNOW, TRUE LOVE REALLY DOESN'T MAKE THESE PRESCRIPTIONS, I'M ONLY GOING TO LOVE YOU IF YOU LOOK LIKE ME, DOESN'T MEAN...
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| 02:17:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SOMEONE THAT'S MY HEIGHT, MY RACE, WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HOLD A PREFERENCE AND AT THE SAME TIME SAY THAT WHEN LOVE COMES IN MY LIFE...
|
| 02:19:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ON RELIGION. AND I WONDER IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH US, IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT RELIGION'S POWER TO HEAL OR TORTURE AND ITS POWER TO PROVIDE COMFORT AND...
|
| 02:19:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AS DISPAIR, AND COULD YOU
|
| 02:19:21 |
Caller, -
TALK ABOUT SCIENCE AND REALITY BASED RELIGION AND ETHICAL CULTURE SOCIETIES AND YOUR PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION? >> WELL, THERE'S A WONDERFUL BOOK BY A...
|
| 02:19:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FREEDOM, WE CAN FIND HOPE IN SPIRIT EQUAL PRACTICE IN RELIGION. I MEAN, THE ROOT MEANING OF THE WORD RELIGION IS TO REJOIN, TO CONNECT, AND WE KNOW THAT...
|
| 02:21:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IMPRESSED BY -- WHAT A WONDERFUL WRITER
|
| 02:21:46 |
Caller, -
YOU ARE AND HOW -- YOU HAVE INCREDIBLY GROWN THROUGH YOUR WRITING. AND THEN THE SPIRITUALITY THAT YOU HAVE CREATED THROUGH YOUR WRITING IS JUST AMAZING...
|
| 02:23:18 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TOGETHER BUT ACTUALLY PEOPLE LIVE IN VERY SEGREGATED NEIGHBORHOODS. WHAT I FIND IS FASCINATING IS MOST PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO WANT TO LIVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORS....
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| 02:24:09 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
A GROSS, YOU
|
| 02:24:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
KNOW, MISINFORMATION FOR PEOPLE
|
| 02:24:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO EQUATE THE TWO, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE ARE ACADEMIC
|
| 02:24:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND SCHOLARS BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY
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| 02:24:19 |
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INTELLECT WAS BECAUSE
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| 02:24:20 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
INTELLECT WAS REALLY, OUR COMMITMENT IS TO IDEAS. WE HAVE TO BE RADICALLY OPEN. WE CAN'T TAKE SIDES, WE CAN'T SPEAK THE DOGMA OF AN INSTITUTION, WE CAN'T...
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| 02:27:37 |
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IN OUR NATION. AND TO SOME EXTENT I FEEL THE EXPERIENCE OF ANY INSTITUTION
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| 02:27:42 |
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AS I SAID EARLIER, WHETHER IT'S CORNELL OR MYSELF, IT'S FREQUENTLY CONCONSERVATIVIZING, NOT SO MUCH THAT I'M CONCERNED CORNELL AT PRINCETON OR HARVARD,...
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| 02:29:30 |
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ALONG, YOU KNOW, HAVING NOT HAD A PERFECT LIFE
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| 02:29:32 |
Caller, -
AND STILL TRANSEND ALL OF THAT AND BE ABLE TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF AND E. POWER THEMSELVES AND ET CETERA AND I APPRECIATE THAT. MY POINT IS THAT GROWING...
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| 02:30:34 |
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SELF-ESTEEM IS PART OF THE SDAINGER OF LIFE FOR BLACK
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| 02:30:37 |
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AMERICANS IS IN A SENSE THE WHOLE CULTURE ENCOURAGES US TO ONLY THINK ABOUT RACE OR ONLY FOCUS ON RACE. AND WHILE RACE IS SIGNIFICANT, IMPORTANT AND RACISM...
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| 02:32:23 |
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MOTHER, SHE TOLD ME YOU WERE ON AND I RAN THROUGH
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| 02:32:25 |
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THE HOUSE TO GET TO THE TV TO TURN
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| 02:32:27 |
Caller, -
IT ON AND LISTEN TO YOU. YOU ARE ONE OF MY MENTORS, AND I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT LIFE HAS BEEN A ROLLER COASTER. I GREW UP IN GARY, INDIANA, IN THE PROJECTS,...
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| 02:33:45 |
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I'VE PROBABLY SPOKEN THERE AROUND THE TWIN CITIES. I'VE GOT A VISION THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO SOMETHING MORE PROFOUND WITH MY LIFE, AND I STARTED WRITING....
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| 02:33:57 |
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A SERIES OF BOOKS ON MY LIFE. RIGHT NOW IT'S OF MY CHILDHOOD. AND I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 170 PAGES. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE I HAVE THIS GIFT FROM, I JUST...
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| 02:34:39 |
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MORE FULLY WHO YOU ARE AND SO I CAN ONLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO FOR IT AND IF
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| 02:34:43 |
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YOU WANT TO PUBLISH YOUR WORK TO THINK ABOUT SELF-PUBLISHING OR TO THINK ABOUT SENDING IT PUBLISHERS OF BOOKS THAT ARE THE KIND OF BOOKS YOU LIKE TO READ,...
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| 02:35:32 |
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I DIDN'T GET ROYALTIES. YOU KNOW, UPFRONT. A WORLD OF THE STRUGGLING INDEPENDENT PRESS AND I CONTINUE TO ACCOMPLISH FEMINISM FOR EVERYBODY WAS PUBLISHED...
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| 02:35:47 |
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A DEEP LOYALTY TO THE INDEPENDENT PRESS IN AMERICA SO WHILE I'VE GONE ON TO SELL BOOKS FOR MORE MONEY TO MORE CORPORATE PRESS WHICH WE DO THAT BECAUSE...
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| 02:38:35 |
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PART OF MY LIFE AND A PART OF MY WRITING EVALUATION. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS --
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| 02:38:40 |
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THAT'S AN UP AND DOWN THING. SHE'S GOING TO COMPLETE HER WORK ON "ROCK MY SOUL, BLACK PEOPLE AND SELF-ESTEEM," BUT I HAVE NOW A NEW EDITOR THAT I'M GETTING...
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| 02:39:15 |
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DIALOG ABOUT MY DAUGHTER, 12-YEAR-OLD
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| 02:39:18 |
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DAUGHTER ABOUT MY POLITIC AND MY FEMINISM, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL. I WAS EXPOSED TO YOUR WORK AT UC BERKELEY WORK ON A DEGREE ON DEFENSE YANTS IND THE ROLE...
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| 02:40:08 |
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BECAUSE I SAID, GOSH, I GUESS THIS ENERGY WAS JUST CREATED OUT THERE IN THE UNIVERSE THAT SAID I NEEDED TO BE HERE WITH CONNIE DISCUSSING ME BOOK. >>...
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| 02:40:37 |
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TO CHANGE MEN SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THEY'RE NEAR DEATH TO BE IN A STATE I WOULD PREFER. >> I DIDN'T SAYING A STATE I WOULD PREFER, I SAID A...
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| 02:41:04 |
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TO YOU BECAUSE HE SO BRILLIANTIANITILY TALKS ABOUT HOW MEN SHUT DOWN THEIR FEELINGS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, MEN AREN'T ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH...
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| 02:42:27 |
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FEMINIST REFORMISM WAS AIMED AT EQUAL RIGHTS FOR EQUAL PAY. THAT'S A REFORM
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| 02:42:31 |
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GESTURE. A MORE RADICAL VERSION OF FEMINISM WOULD SAY WE NEED TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF WORK, PEOPLE NEED TO WORK FEWER HOURS SO THEY HAVE MORE TIME...
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| 02:43:35 |
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I HAVEN'T SEEN MORE BLACK WOMEN
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| 02:43:37 |
Caller, -
BECOMING ART CRITICS, WHEN I FIRST WROTE ABOUT THIS I WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE ARE FORMS OF WRITING THAT ARE NOT REALLY CONDUCIVE TO MAKING MONEY. ...
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| 02:43:55 |
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIFE AND EXPERIENCE AND THOUGHT THAT MAY NOT MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. THAT MEANS THAT WE'VE GOT TO BUILD INTO OUR SENSE OF CULTURE WHAT...
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| 02:45:03 |
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HISTORY, IS IT A MISCONCEPTION. >> I THINK WE HAVE TO REMEMBER OFTEN PEOPLE WHAT PEOPLE WRITE IS DRIVEN BY WHAT THE MARKETPLACE WILL BUY. SO MUCH OF WHAT...
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| 02:45:26 |
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TEACHING, BY THE WAY BLACKNESS DOESN'T PLAY MUCH IN TEACHING TO TRANSGRESS, THE MARKET THEN WANTS ME TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK ABOUT TEACHING, I MEAN, BECAUSE...
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| 02:48:49 |
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MY NEPHEW HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH
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| 02:48:51 |
Caller, -
ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER BUT
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| 02:48:55 |
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ALSO APPEARS TO
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| 02:48:56 |
Caller, -
HAVE AN UNDIAGNOSED LEARNING DISORDER WE CELEBRATED HIS 14th BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY AND HE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME READING HIS BIRTHDAY CARDS BUS HIS MOTHER...
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| 02:49:55 |
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THEM. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MAKING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CHILDREN. >> LET'S BEGIN BY SAYING THAT MOST GIFTED CHILDREN OF ANY RACE TEND TO GO...
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| 02:50:21 |
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MORE YOU HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST YOU, PEOPLE WON'T SEE IT, OH, HE'S PARTICULARLY GIFTED, THEY'LL SAY HE'S DUMB, HEELS A PROBLEM. MY OWN GODDAUGHTER WHEN...
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| 02:52:44 |
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LEAVE, BUOY, MARYLAND. >> Caller: HELLO, BELL, HOW ARE YOU. >> FINE. >> Caller: GOOD. I'M A SINGLE MOTHER OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOY AND I HAD TO LOOK...
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| 02:53:08 |
Caller, -
BREAKING BREAD PARTICULARLY
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| 02:53:09 |
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THE PIECE WHERE YOU TALKED
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| 02:53:10 |
Caller, -
ABOUT HOW YOU SAY YOUR PEACE IS IN CHURCH AND THE DEACON HE ISS WOULD SO AFFIRM EVERYTHING YOU SAID AND I REMEMBER HOW MUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT...
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| 02:54:10 |
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OF THEIR CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY BLACK BOYS, WHICH IS IF THEY'RE IN A SCHOOL WHERE THEY'RE HAVING LOTS OF PROBLEMS THEN YOU SEEK FOR THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT...
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| 02:55:34 |
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IN OUR SOCIETY. >> WHAT ABOUT THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT? >> THROUGH THE
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| 02:55:39 |
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TRADITIONAL GOVERNMENT? >> YEAH, UH-HUH. >> I TRY TO WORK ON BEHALF OF THINGS THAT I FEEL ARE VITAL BUT I GET AJOYED AS IN THE CASE OF THE LAST ELECTION...
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| 02:55:55 |
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GORE AND HE DID NOT. BUT I DO FEEL THAT OURS IS THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RULING
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| 02:55:59 |
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CLASSES,
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| 02:56:00 |
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SO I TEND TO ENCOURAGE
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| 02:56:01 |
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MORE ALTERNATIVE NOTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM. BECAUSE I THINK IF WE WORK MORE WITHIN COMMUNITIES PEOPLE CAN BRING...
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| 02:56:35 |
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CHILD, I WAS
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| 02:56:37 |
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VERY SHELTERED IN -- IN A
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| 02:56:39 |
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RELIGIOUS HOME ENVIRONMENT. AND EMILY
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| 02:56:42 |
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DICKINSON WAS MY LIGHT TELLING ME THAT I COULD BE A THINKER AND A THINKER AND A WRITER. YOU KNOW, WHEN I READ HER, "THIS IS MY LETTER TO THE WORLD" THAT...
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| 02:57:45 |
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AND I FEEL SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE SO MANY READERS FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES. >> YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING "IN
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| 02:57:54 |
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DEPTH" WITH BELL HOOKS. IF YOU MISSED ANY PORTION OF
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| 02:57:58 |
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THIS THREE-HOUR INTERVIEW, YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRAM AGAIN AT 5 P.M. EASTERN AND LATER AGAIN TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. >>
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| 02:58:05 |
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NEXT MONTH ON "IN
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| 02:58:13 |
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DEPTH" HARVARD UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, DAVID HERBERT DONALD. HE THE AUTHOR OF NUMEROUS BOOKS. HE
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.