Washington The enterprise of creating a more perfect union still"stands before us," to use Amanda Gorman's words, from confronting persistent racial inequalities to banishing the reanimated forces of White supremacy that threatened the US Capitol on January 6.
The first National Youth Poet Laureate, 22-year-old Gorman recited her stunning poem,"The Hill We Climb," at Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' inauguration on Wednesday.In portraying the US in aspirational terms -- as a project that isn't yet complete but is worth fighting for -- Gorman roots her poem in a distinctly Black expression of love for country.
Unfinished. Striving. While politicians and pundits tend to depict the US as a country that, save for the occasional aberration, is more or less fully formed -- as a country that achieved democracy 244 years ago instead of, at best, 55 years ago, when Black Americans won the right to the franchise -- Gorman isn't in thrall to such lofty notions.This tension -- a kind of patriotism that's by turns trenchant and optimistic -- brings to mind the words of James Baldwin.
Omg I thought she was like 14 and that's why people were impressed with this. This was a terrible poem.
So you agree with her that theres no need for brown love and us americans of mexcian descent dont matter
She is outstanding!❤️
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I think she'll do well in life.
Third day of Biden’s Mickey Mouse presidency: - Put 42k into unemployment 😤 - Possibly getting sued by Canada 🥶🥶 - Violated own mask policy after signing it 😰 - Impeachment filed on first day 🥶🥶🥶 - Forced National Guard to sleep on the streets 😤 Best since Lincoln?
The US is not worth fighting for- quite the contrary, it is a force to fight against, a historical challenge for the working people of the world to overcome on their long, dangerous path to freedom
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This educated, articulate young lady did a fantastic job!!
FBI is still looking for MAGA terrorists.
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