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As an African-American, as a woman, I think that I've been sensitized to the way in which history privileges the white male and the way in which certain aspects of history, the things that we are taught in school, the things that are handed down, never, never entered the picture though they might have been very important.

~Rita Dove

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I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

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Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: August 28th, 1952

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