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  1. Sep 2019
    1. O, yes,I say it plain,America never was America to me,And yet I swear this oath—America will be! Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,We, the people, must redeemThe land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.The mountains and the endless plain—All, all the stretch of these great green states—And make America again!

      this whole poem reminds me of the whole controversy of Donald Trumps slogan "make America great again."

    1. I am the darker brother.

      i think he's referring to the idea that every man in America are "brothers" but just pointing out that he's also a black man.

    1. For those of us who grew up with search engines, especially Google, at our fingertips — looking at all of you millennials and post-millennials — this might seem intuitive. We grew up having our questions instantly answered as long as we had access to the Internet.

      speaking from personal experience, google has always been there and has affected the way I've learned.