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RIGHT ON: WHITE AMERICA by SONIA SANCHEZ

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THIS COUNTRY MIGHT HAVE
Last Line: GUN/SHELLS ON OUR BLK/TOMORROWS.
Subject(s): RACISM; UNITED STATES; RACIAL PREJUDICE; BIGOTRY; AMERICA;

Poem Sources:

THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY. SUPPLEMENT IV: MINORITY POETRY OF AMERICA.
  (1987)
 
THE POETRY OF BLACK AMERICA; ANTHOLOGY OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
  ADOFF, ARNOLD (ED.)
  (1973)
 
IN SEARCH OF COLOR EVERYWHERE: A COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY.
  MILLER, E. ETHELBERT (ED.)
  (1994)
 
THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY ON CD. 2ND EDITION.
  (1996)
 
THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY ON CD. 20TH CENTURY: POETRY OF OUR TIME.
  (1998)
 



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