Maya Angelou Dead at 86

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This is going to be the only thing on for the next 5 days, and everyone is going to have a chance to drop their two cents.

Its already starting.
 
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TXA&M07 said:
This is going to be the only thing on for the next 5 days, and everyone is going to have a chance to drop their two cents.

Its already starting.
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As it should be. Her life story and works are Better than any of the negativity we hear in the news.
 
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and before someone claims I'm insensitive, just know that "Dr" -lol Angelou did some great things and did some not so great things.
 
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TXA&M07 said:
and before someone claims I'm insensitive, just know that "Dr" -lol Angelou did some great things and did some not so great things.
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Totally agree, but I'd argue that her contributions to literature and social issues far outweigh the negative aspects.
 
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Maya Angelou wrote some awesome pieces of literature that I enjoyed reading in College. Her narratives that I studied were insightful towards the black community and her own experiences. That's something positive I can say about her.

Most of her social and political agendas are things I would argue do not sit well with me.

NB4 07 is racist/sexist/crazy republican/ect...
 
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TXA&M07 said:
This is going to be the only thing on for the next 5 days, and everyone is going to have a chance to drop their two cents.

Its already starting.
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Maybe discretion is the better part of valor and you simply not post your issues in a thread such as this. That's just me though.
 
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TXA&M07 said:
and before someone claims I'm insensitive, just know that "Dr" -lol Angelou did some great things and did some not so great things.
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Can you explain her not so great things? I'm not familiar
 
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Nerd-Vol said:
A lot of folks disagree with stuff like this that she did:

5 Things About Maya Angelou That Most People Won't Talk About | ThinkProgress
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Are there more things than this? Personally, number three on the list is the only one I take issue with. Her words on Castro seem to demonstrate a belief on her part of black and white never co-existing peacefully in this country, but perhaps they were taken out of context.

I do take issue though if she held the belief that the sins of the fathers and grandfathers and great grandfathers etc should rest on the shoulders of the sons. A man is responsible for his actions, not the actions of those who came before him. Personally, I feel as a nation we should have progressed beyond placing blame by now. MLK proclaimed a dream where a man be judged not by the color of his skin but by the content of his character. If more people of all ethnicities would embrace that dream, the world would be a better place. Her words on Castro seem to fly in the face of MLK's dream. Judging a man by the actions of his ancestors is tantamount to judging him on the color of his skin. You're certainly not judging him based on the content of his own character if you never give him a chance to display that character.

But again, her words may have been taken out of context. I'm not wanting to devolve this into a thread bashing a woman who just died. I admit to having very little knowledge of her. I only know of her through her poetry and the love she received by many over the years, most especially Oprah.
 
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Saw on twitter something along the lines of...

RIP Maya Angelou. Thank you for not giving up your seat on that bus.
 
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I thought it was hilarious. I cannot confirm whether-or-not the statement was made in jest, though I tend to believe it was.
 
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Guy I used to work with posted that. Some of his friend's comments had me crying laughing. One said, "Go back to school. Stay there." Then somebody said that was a fake account.
 
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