Chile, I tell ya, life for me ain’t been no crystal stair! Whoever’s mama, granny, or auntie Langston Hughes channeled when he wrote that poem…! I wanna get in a time machine and give mother a hug and lay at her feet and glean from her strength! When I tell you…
As a female from a middle-class area, I’ve never known anyone living in poverty, I’ve never known anyone dealing with dreadful or unthinkable circumstances, I’ve never encountered extreme racism (towards myself or anyone else) and all sexual orientations have been…