Jack+Manilow

media type="youtube" key="ROn_9302UHg" height="385" width="480" align="right"** Race In America

"A little black girl yearns for the blue eyes of a little white girl, and the horror at the heart of her yearning is exceeded only by the evil of fulfillment" (Bluest eye 204)

Race in America**

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed--

I, too, am America.
 * by Langston Hughes**

"I swear to the Lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me."
 * Langston Hughes**

Drugs and Alcohol in America