For Young Blacks, the Lost Generation (Newsweek, 8/14/78) (3 of 3)

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"Them old slaves ain't non e of me," you'd shrug ; but if you , musing , see them waking , are th ere among those whipped for being slow some lovers? and later are they singing vows across the corn? and do they make the cotton ring within its boll if by long design their fingers touch? and does the cane go sweeter to a boil for having juiced their tongues? · No matter. Atlanta, Philadelphia, L.A. say you lose before you play; you and half a million Larries, Garies (pick up your junk and go . Computers hum a while on rime , their way of humanizing what they say - after private print-outs read "they are expendable," they spell it slow, especially for you: you are obsolete as were your fathers and theirs before them back to the one who held the vomit tight against his teeth) . 1978 1980

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Final Draft Poem written by Emanuel in 1978 captures feelings of disillusionment among elders regarding the prospects for Black teenagers due to industrialization and technological advancement. Page 3.

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  • type
    Image
  • created on
  • file format
    jpg
  • file size
    2 MB
  • container title
    James A. Emanuel papers
  • creator
    James A. Emanuel
  • credit
    James A. Emanuel
  • issue
    BOX 4 FOLDER 27, "The Chopping Block (Selected Poems), draft, 1988 (2 of 2)
  • rights
    James A. Emanuel Estate
  • rights holder
    James A. Emanuel Estate
  • version
    Final