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Amiri Baraka hits a new low
Washington Times ^
| Friday, October 11, 2002
| By Ward Connerly
Posted on 10/11/2002 12:06:26 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:57:54 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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It's not every day that one gets immortalized along with Clarence Thomas, Condoleezza Rice, and Colin Powell in a poem, especially a poem penned by the New Jersey poet laureate. But I think I'll have to pass on this "honor" after reading it and learning the poet is Amiri Baraka (the poet formerly known as LeRoi Jones), one of America's premier haters and anti-Semites.
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Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: JohnHuang2
His poetry sucks bigtime. Which doesn't speak well for the guy who appointed him.
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posted on
10/11/2002 12:20:53 AM PDT
by
etcetera
To: JohnHuang2
This is life imitating art. Remember the Eddie Murphy Sat. Night Live skit a few years back where he played the serious jailhouse "poet"?
The dog he bark
Do he bite?
Kill my landlord.
Kill my landlord.
The only difference between Murphy's gag and the poet Laureate is that Murphy's poetry was probably a little better.
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posted on
10/11/2002 5:30:21 AM PDT
by
joebuck
To: JohnHuang2
The DemRatHacks who run New Jersey appointed Leroy Jones (his real name) to throw a bone to the black voters. That's all they cared about at the time.
Could be they broke new ground by appointing the first black man as state poet laureate.
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posted on
10/11/2002 5:36:20 AM PDT
by
dennisw
To: joebuck
The only difference between Murphy's gag and the poet Laureate is that Murphy's poetry was probably a little better. Ha! I was hoping someone would quote Eddie here. I didn't have the quote on hand (and have a notably poor memory where such trivia is concerned). Thanks for a smile!
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posted on
10/11/2002 8:00:53 AM PDT
by
WileyC
To: JohnHuang2
Now there's a first: an illiterate poet laureate. Sic transit . . .
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posted on
10/11/2002 6:49:35 PM PDT
by
rhema
To: JohnHuang2
Baraka is NOT a poet. He barely rises to the level of hip-hop rapper.
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