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
We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived. June Jordan americadeprivederide 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
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
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
To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way. June Jordan beautifulbeginlove 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
I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest. June Jordan comfortablefeelhonest 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
I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didn't know the poems would travel. I didn't go to Lebanon until two years ago, but people told me that many Arabs had memorized these poems and translated them into Arabic. June Jordan agoarabarabic share on social
