Posted on Sep 8, 2021
Alabama's First Black Poet Laureate Takes A Personal Approach To 'Reparations'
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."What I mean when I say reparations is that I want what we are owed," she says. "Which means for me as a Black person, I want to be able to walk into a room with my hair however it is fixed, with my skin as dark or as light as it is, and not feel immediately targeted."
Jones hopes that her book — and her work as poet laureate — will help shift that perspective."...
..."What I mean when I say reparations is that I want what we are owed," she says. "Which means for me as a Black person, I want to be able to walk into a room with my hair however it is fixed, with my skin as dark or as light as it is, and not feel immediately targeted."
Jones hopes that her book — and her work as poet laureate — will help shift that perspective."...
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