Checking Out Me History Flashcards
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Language
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“Blind to me own identity”- his teachers are covering up his true identity
“Fire-woman struggle”- associated with the light and the fact the women is a hero the the poet
“I carving out me Identity”- the poet is making his identity permanent
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Structure point
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"Toussant a slave With vision lick black- Writer only including important words showing the importance of his own history
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Context link
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John Agard was taught white history in the British Guinea showing that he is furious that he isn’t taught his own history. He was also part of the windrush generation
