I was giving the students a brief biography of Lorde and as soon as I said the phrase “black lesbian Feminist,” their eyes opened really wide. I don’t know if their reaction was to Lorde’s identity or to the fact that I was discussing it openly.
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Jennifer WilsonWhy do American race relations reappear over and over again in discussions of the minority experience in the former Soviet Union?
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