Then I Was a Black Person, and I Was Going to Lose That Accent.

"I had an accent that was for the northern ear extreme. If i were going to say mamma, it might have six syllables, mama" "i built this phantasy of black love and wanted to be part of the black power movement" 'The idea of being hit, struck by a black person...it hurt me so much' ''It took years for me to gain a facility with it.'