Quote (carteblanche @ Jan 27 2014 06:40pm)
also pay attention to the author. if it's something you're reading in American school and the author is black, the interpretation very often has something to do with racism/prejudice/suffering/etc.
Yeah, teacher mentioned that haha.
She does mention how the past is full of hardship and violence that her generation has already "paid for." And our generations simply have to move forward yet we don't live to our fullest potential. We, instead, keep our pride and whine about everything.