We close the divide because we know to put our future first, we must first put our differences aside. To compose a country, committed to all cultures, colors, characters, and conditions of man.Īnd so we lift our gaze, not to what stands between us, but what stands before us We are striving to forge our union with purpose. So we made forts, put on plays, musicals, and I wrote like crazy."Īnd yes, we are far from polished, far from pristine, but that doesn't mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect. "She kept the TV off because she wanted my siblings and I to be engaged and active. "What contributed to my writing early on is how my mom encouraged it," she told the New York Times. Amanda has cited her mother as helping her foster a love for writing from a young age. Amanda was raised by a single mother in Los Angeles. The "skinny Black girl" Amanda is referencing here is most likely herself. We, the successors of a country and the time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president only to find herself reciting for one. Somehow we've weathered and witnessed a nation that it isn't broken, but simply unfinished. In the norms and notions of what just is, isn't always justice.Īnd yet the dawn is ours before we knew it. We've learned that quiet isn't always peace. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play
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