RKS AMERICAN LITERATURE: Tokensim the Neutralizer of Creativity (Audre Lorde)

“And in the university that is no easy task, for each one of you by virtue of you being here will be deluged by opportunities to misname yourselves. To forget who you are, to forget where your real interests lie. Make no mistake you will be courted; and nothing neutralizes creativity quicker than tokensim. That false sense of security fed by a myth of individual solutions. To paraphrase Malcom a Black woman attorney driving a Mercedes through Avenue Z in Brooklyn is still a “nigger bitch”; two words which never seem to go out of fashion.”

Audre Lorde, “Learning From the 1960’s”

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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