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they just knew this was a poem by a black woman and it should be stripped from the shelves. that poemt has a phenomenal lesson of civility and democracy and community. i don't understand why these people believe these are threatening to the existence of our children. i will always come back as a dad and a teacher to the point if they truly cared about protecting our kids, they would pick up a pen and do something about the fact that no place in america is your child safe when it comes to the threat of gun violence. they are certainly harmed by the existence of guns in this country. as someone who sends his kid to school daily, not a day goes by i don't think about that reality. i'm not worried about what books are on the shelves at school. i'm worried whether or not they are going to come home. if republicans trly believed that their job as a lawmaker is to make people's lives better and safer than they would cut it out with this culture war nonsense and start getting to

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gorman reading her poem at president biden's inauguration. it was a sight to behold. however you want to put it, she was the youngest inaugural poet ever, a woman of color speaking so movingly about national unity two weeks, 14 days after an angry mob stormed the united states capitol. siting that our country at that moment was not broken, it was simply unfinished. the poem was called "the hill we climb." it's the latest flash point in the culture wars in america. access to the printed copy of her poem has been restricted in a school library. in miami-dade because one parent complained about it. a source reported in the miami herald, a parent of two students at the school challenged the poem "the hill we climb" along with four other titles. according to records, she

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Opinion | Amanda Gorman: The Hill We're Still Climbing, a Year Later

The poet reflects on her experience at the inauguration ceremony and the life her poem — and this country — has lived since then.

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Amanda Gorman reflects on the year since Biden's inauguration

Amanda Gorman is reflecting on the year since she shot to fame after reciting a poem at President Biden’s inauguration, saying that for many people, “this past year for many has felt like a return to the same old gloom.”

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Amanda Gorman's New Year Poem Emphasizes Resilience After A Chaotic Year

"What was cursed, we will cure."

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Books About Performance From Black Authors Released This Week


Performance occurs in a myriad of ways, from spoken and written poetry to taking the stage, to playing a game of spades. In fictional universes, particularly in fantastical worlds, a character’s performance can range from their abilities to their descriptions. This week, the intricate tapestry of Black performance is explored through many different lenses in the books.
This week, poetry once again takes the national stage with Amanda Gorman’s
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country. Her reading of this poem at President Joe Biden’s inauguration shook the nation as she not only brought hope to all who were watching but ignited and inspired creativity in young writers across the country. On that note, parts of her poem are also included in a new anthology,

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Why controversies around cultural appropriation and identity politics should not end translations


Why controversies around cultural appropriation and identity politics should not end translations
The act and the art of translation require the permission to transcend borders, the permission to make mistakes and the permission to be repeated.
Mar 14, 2021 · 05:30 pm
American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington DC.
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In 399 AD, Faxian – a monk in China’s Jin Dynasty – went on a pilgrimage to the Indian subcontinent to collect Buddhist scriptures. Returning after 13 years, he spent the rest of his life translating those texts, profoundly altering Chinese worldviews and changing the face of Asian and world history.

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Crow: Learning more about John the Baptist


A reader asked, “Why was John the Baptist called a voice in the wilderness?”
John was a voice in the wilderness of sin. He was devoted to his mission to serve God and lived an austere life. Before addressing John’s mission and his relationship with Jesus, two Old Testament passages need to be read. Isaiah, the prophet, wrote in 40:3,5, “A voice of one calling: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together.’” Malachi, the last book in the Old Testament, spoke about the future in 4:2-6, “But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty. “Remember the law of Moses. I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.” During the 400 years between the Old and New Testament, prophetic voices were silenced.

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Poet Amanda Gorman opens up about racial profiling incident


Photo: Rob Carr (Getty Images)
Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, 2021, was—among other things—many Americans’ introduction to Amanda Gorman, the young poet who captured national attention with her reading of her work “The Hill We Climb” during the inauguration ceremony. As anyone who’s read it—or, especially, heard Gorman read it—”The Hill We Climb” is both inspirational and aspirational, painting a picture of America as a country capable of becoming a place of equality and greatness, if, as Gorman writes,
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If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
Which is just part of what makes it dispiriting, depressing, but not surprising to see Gorman also be forced to talk on social media about the less positive, and more painful, sides of what life is like as a young Black woman in America. Specifically, she opened up on Twitter this week about an incident of racial profiling that was committed against her, when a security guard near the Los Angeles building where she lives tailed her, informed her that she looked “suspicious,” and demanded to know if she was supposed to be there. (At the apartment building where she lives.) When Gorman showed him her keys, the guard departed with no apology, apparently content in the knowledge of a job well done. Not an exceptionally rare incident in America…which is pretty much the point.

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LA poet Amanda Gorman says she was racially profiled by security guard: 'This is the reality of Black girls'


Shortly after that tweet, Gorman reflected on her encounter with the guard.
"In a sense, he was right. I AM A THREAT: a threat to injustice, to inequality, to ignorance," she wrote in a separate tweet. "Anyone who speaks the truth and walks with hope is an obvious and fatal danger to the powers that be."
In a sense, he was right. I AM A THREAT: a threat to injustice, to inequality, to ignorance. Anyone who speaks the truth and walks with hope is an obvious and fatal danger to the powers that be. https://t.co/hY9miR0b6J— Amanda Gorman (@TheAmandaGorman) March 6, 2021

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