“A child is born with a heart of gold…
The way of the world makes his heart grow cold…” -Earth, Wind & Fire
As a “NU Worlder,” I see myself as more than just an inhabitant of this American System. I have to be. Just saying “I am an American” or “I am an African American is just too limiting and bounding. When Malcolm spoke of being “self-defined” by the quote, “It’s not what you call me, but what I respond to,” that had real resonance for me and member s of my generation.
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