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Mischelle :
Women like Morrison and Angelou raised a nation in the most literal sense. Black women nursed, taught, soothed, disciplined, and emotionally anchored white children while their own children were at the very least neglected at the most sold. They passed down values, language, manners, moral frameworks—while being denied ownership of any of it. Society romanticized them (Mammy, caretaker, nanny) to make the theft feel benevolent, while simultaneously oppressing and dehumanizing them. Matriarchs without recognized lineage. Nation-builders without credit. Emotionally indispensable yet socially disposable! I was/am lucky enough to have always been surrounded and loved on by a group of very strong, clairvoyant, diverse, group of women. My Mother came from a terrible childhood, lost her mom early. The community I grew up in scooped her up and loved on her & later me. This is a subject very close to my heart. I learned language, manners, tenderness, and moral grounding from women society refused to call human. Those same women came from women who were beaten, sold, caricatured, and erased. Revered in private. Oppressed in public. Needed everywhere. Safe nowhere. So history calls them caretakers. Mammies. Help. But the truth is matriarch. ♥️What history flattened into “caretaking,” Morrison restores as moral weight. Beloved does not permit innocence. It demands recognition. Recognition does not absolve. But it does assign responsibility. It moves outward. It shapes households, habits, expectations. It entered white life without consent or credit. We as a collective are who we are because of these women. To say this is not to claim Morrison’s mothers. It is to name the debt and reject the fantasy of self-made strength. Beloved does not permit innocence. It demands recognition. If Black women helped raise this nation, Beloved reminds us, then the least owed is truth! Rant over 😬 sorry I did not mean to hijack your comments but some of my most loved humans were women just like this and I miss them fiercely.
2026-02-06 06:53:52
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Chris D. :
Her interviews are so enlightening.
2026-02-06 00:24:04
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CJ Loveman Author :
Straight up prophetic! BTW, The Paris Review has a long online archive (may need subscription) going way back with interviews with many great writers including Toni Morrison.
2026-02-06 00:54:51
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🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽 :
The fact that everything she said in 93 is still relevant and happening today is insane 😭 This definitely makes me want to watch more of the interviews & looking into the speeches! Thanks for sharing 👏🏽
2026-02-06 13:09:46
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Markie :
I would love to buddy read this ☺️🫶🏽
2026-02-06 02:58:40
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Lorin 💕 :
I just finished The Bluest Eye and I have THOUGHTS
2026-02-06 01:21:11
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tiffanyygale :
commenting so ill come back when i can have audio or captions load! 💕
2026-02-06 05:04:36
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Intergalacticsgrbaby :
I also decided to re read her entire work this year, I’ve read the book about her time at random house (Toni at random) and god help the child so far
2026-02-06 15:10:06
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QueenKeevs | 📚 👸🏽 ✨ :
Such beautiful writing. I’m just getting into her catalog this year.
2026-02-06 02:36:39
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📚Ana’s.books.and.coffee☕️ :
This is brilliant, Toni Morrison is a treasure, we owe it to her to read her books and cultivate a sense of morality and humanity
2026-02-06 20:24:08
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thebloomroombookclub 📚 :
Started watching James Baldwin as well
2026-02-06 06:38:07
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Bookrot Brandon 📚 :
She has such a way with words and speaking of clairvoyant! Youre totally right, the world is so cyclical and those who have always been oppressed are historically the ones to see what’s in store for the future if we don’t change. I’ll definitely be watching this. One of my students also recommended David foster Wallace’s Keyon college speech. Said it changed his life but I’m not sure how much water that holds haha. I’d love to watch that one too though!
2026-02-06 18:39:28
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Adriane :
Wait just one second. I think I've found my people. Let me follow.
2026-02-06 14:17:06
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Ton Reads :
Their interviews are soooo good. I would like to work more speeches in some time! I need to read way more Toni Morrison in general.
2026-02-06 00:27:00
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Tiff 🕯️ :
Just purchased Beloved— this made me very excited to start reading it. So relevant + moving! Thanks for sharing!
2026-02-06 02:24:03
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📚 Cooper 📚 :
She was so powerful!
2026-02-08 05:55:44
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Jess4Reads :
Wow. So relevant right now.
2026-02-06 14:11:33
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Kris 📚 :
Wow.
2026-02-06 11:36:06
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kyle🪳 :
Love this!!! Gonna try to use this in my classroom!
2026-02-06 01:18:20
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Foreverdanah :
Thirty plus years later here we still are sigh
2026-02-06 00:37:56
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Jasmine 📚✨ :
I’m so grateful for the time they took to share their wisdom and warnings! I love her interviews and speeches! I’m going to look into this one!!
2026-02-06 01:33:00
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Jaes Books & NO BS Reviews 📚 :
Toni Morrison, Nikki Giovanni, James Baldwin, and Octavia Butler have changed my entire brain patterns. I look forward to hearing more about your thoughts on this speech.
2026-02-08 18:03:51
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Lauren :
I've been reading Octavia E Butler and that woman had straight up prophetic skills!!!
2026-02-06 07:08:31
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natalee★📖 :
She is sooo eloquently spoken & it is inspirational. I just read Recitatif by her and it was amazing.
2026-02-06 01:17:01
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Vish :
check out her interview with over “The Bluest Eye” and “Paradise” in 1998. I was in awe with how she curves a conversation out of questions you ask her. The relevance in her answers in today’s time is essential, down to the physical response of the interviewer.
2026-02-08 12:25:33
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