My House Quotes

“and as soon as i die i hope everyone who loved me learns the meaning
of my death which is a simple lesson
don't do what you do very well very well and enjoy it it scares white folk
and makes black ones truly mad”
― Nikki Giovanni, My House

“and sometimes on rainy nights you see
an old white woman who maybe you'd really care about
except that you're a young Black woman
whose job it is to kill maim or seriously
make her question
the validity of her existence”
― Nikki Giovanni, My House

“and neither of them ever
said what they meant
and i guess nobody ever does”
― Nikki Giovanni, My House

“so julian bond was elected president and rap brown chief
justice of the supreme court and nixon sold himself
on 42nd street for a package of winstons”
― Nikki Giovanni, My House

“honey, ain't never been wrong yet
you better get back to the city cause you one of them
technical niggers and you'll have problems here”
― Nikki Giovanni, My House

“what you doing here" she asked
"i'm a poet" i said
"that ain't no reason to be uppity”
― Nikki Giovanni, My House