checking out me history quotes Flashcards
‘— up me — with me own history’
‘bandage up me eye with me own history’
‘bandage’ - he feels wounded, damaged, hurt
metaphor - he feels blinded, restricted, purposefully left out
not educated about his personal history
‘— me to me own —‘
‘blind me to me own identity’
‘blind’ - as a verb - figurative - he feels like he has been disabled, attacked by something
metaphor - he feels blinded, restricted, purposefully left out
not educated about his own history
‘dem — — wha dem want to — —‘
‘dem tell me wha dem want to tell me’
‘dem tell me’ - references back to the beginning of the poem, come to the conclusion that his history is being purposefully hidden by him
‘i — out me —‘
‘i carving out me identity’
having to ‘carve’ out his own identity because he didn’t have the privilege to be taught it.
taking charge by the end of the poem
‘dem tell me bout — —‘ ‘but dem never tell me bout — —‘
‘dem tell me bout florence nightingale’ ‘but dem never tell me bout mary seacole’
mary seacole was a nurse who helped in the crimean war despite her not being wanted because of her skin colour. while florence nightingales story is told and celebrated, mary seacole is almost unheard of
