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What is taught in schools generally in the West Indies is that if something is your thing, it's better than anybody else's because it's yours. It's extremely provincial and also damaging. You prevent people from learning things. The biggest absurdity would be, 'Don't read Shakespeare because he was white.'

~Derek Walcott

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Nationality: Unknown

Type: Poet

Born: January 23rd, 1930

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