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Ntozake Shange

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Ntozake Shange

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  1. Ntozake Shange

  2. That for colored girls continues to resonate so profoundly almost 40 years after I first set pen to paper is bittersweet for me. Though we have achieved many a milestone, the stories and struggles of our lives as women, and in particular, women of color, are still not granted the address due. NTOZAKE SHANGE (pronounced “en-toe-zak-ee /shon-gay”) Ntozake means "she who comes with her own things” Shange means "who walks like a lion.“

  3. ‘JUANITA”Loretta Devine ever since i realized there waz someone callt a colored girl an evil woman a bitch or a nag i been tryin not to be that & and leave bitterness in someone else's cup but a real dead lovin is here for you now cuz i dont know anymore how to avoid my own face wet wit my tears cuz i had convinced myself colored girls had no right to sorrow & i lived and loved that way & kept sorrow on the curb somebody almost walked off widalla my stuff not my poems or a dance i gave up in the street but somebody almost walked off widalla my stuff i want my arm wit the hot iron scar/my leg wit the flea bite/i want my calloused feet /did you know someone almost got away with me/me in plastic bag under their arm

  4. “JO” Janet Jackson “one thing i dont need is any more apologies i got sorry greetin me at my front door you can keep yrs i dont know what to do wit em they dont open doors or bring the sun back they dont make me happy or get a mornin paper didnt nobody stop usin my tears to wash cars cuz a sorry"

  5. ”KELLY”Kerry Washington “I’m only human, or inadequacies are what make us human, & if we were perfect we wdnt have nothin to strive for, so you might as well go on and forgive me cause i’m sorry!

  6. “GILDA”Phylicia Rashad ordinary brown braided woman with big legs & and full lips reglar you become yourself & now she stood a reglar colored girl fulla the same malice livid indifference as a sistah & when she finished writin the account of her exploit in a diary She placed the rose behind her ear & cried herself to sleep I use to be YOU!

  7. “YASMINE”Anika Noni Rose danced one dance kissed him goodbye lightly wit closed mouth & we are left wit the scars bein betrayed by men who know us women relinquish all personal rights in the presence of a man who apparently cd be considered a rapist

  8. “ALICE” Whoopi Goldberg i know you… orange butterflies aqua sequins ensconsedtween slight bosoms silk roses dartin from behind her ears she glittered in heat & seemed to be lookin for a ride she slowed to be examined & she never looked back to smile or acknowledge a sincere “hey mama” i know you you’re the devil.

  9. TANGIE “if i’m still alive & that’s what i was discussin/how i am still alive & my dependency on other livinbeins for love i survive on intimacy & tomorrow/that’s all i’ve got goin & it waz all i had but being alive & being a woman & bein colored is a metaphysical dilemma/ihavent conquered yet “

  10. NYLA Tessa Thompson i cdnt have people lookin at me pregnant i cdnt have my friends see this dyindanglintween my legs & ididnt say a thing not a sigh or a fast scream this hurts this hurts me & nobody came cuz nobody knew once i waz pregnant & shamed of myself

  11. “CRYSTAL” Kimberly Elise but I cd only whisper & he dropped em i ask myself how i let it happen i realized i was missinsomethinsomethin promised somethin so important the layin on of hands fingers near my forehead strong cool moving making me whole sense pure all the gods coming into me laying me open to myself iwazmissinsomethinsomethin promised something free a layin on of hands wit my tears I found god in myself and I loved her fiercely

  12. TO ALLOFMYSISTERS! FORCOLOREDGIRLS…

  13. MY LOVE IS TOO… "Juanita: You just say, “my love is too ____," and you just fill in the blank. Gilda: my love is too sanctified to have it thrown back on my face Kelly: my love is too magic to have it thrown back on my face Tangie: my love is too "Saturday Night" to have it thrown back on my face Jo: my love is too complicated to have it thrown back on my face Yasmine: my love is too music to have it thrown back on my face

  14. In the mists and fog of life find your way to therainbow by the sound of your own voice

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