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- 'it is better to speak' would make a great tattoo as shorthand for this poem's general point
- a friend posted this on Facebook and I was just like
- although I feel like it's maaaaaybe a little appropriative for a white person like me to get a tattoo of a black person's words
- and I think that one in particular refers specifically to an aspect of black experience
- audre lorde
- but not to the point of permanently putting them on my white-ass body
- but that's Maya Angelou
- HOLY SHIT
- I was thinking about this earlier because 'I sing anyway' would similarly also be a good tattoo
- if they're speaking in part about black experiences?
- important things
- it's probably fine for me to appreciate the words and identify with them to an extent
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