The courts cannot garnish a father's salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property on behalf of his children, in our society. Apparently this is because a kid is not a car or a couch or a boat. June Jordan accountapparentlybehalf share on social
Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a woman as I am likely to want to love a man, and what about that? Isn't that what freedom implies? June Jordan bisexualityfreefreedom Change image and share on social
I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect. June Jordan blackdependfact share on social
Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law. June Jordan barbarousbrotherchoke share on social
CORE was committed to nonviolence, but I was not. June Jordan commitcorenonviolence Change image and share on social
The music of language became extremely important to me, and obvious to me. By the time I was seven I was writing myself. I was a poet. June Jordan extremelyimportantlanguage Change image and share on social
Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's important. June Jordan existformulationimportant Change image and share on social
One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students of all different colors speaking so many different languages and ferociously presenting all these different views. I thought, this is the 21st century and I want to be here! June Jordan 21stberkeleycentury share on social
That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes. June Jordan activismattitudeconsequential Change image and share on social
It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me. June Jordan educateincessantlymean Change image and share on social
