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When I was in college, I lived in a mostly black, poor neighborhood. That's where I grew up, but I attended a mostly white upper-class school in conservative Mississippi. I was often very aware of how I presented myself.

When I was in college, I lived in a mostly black, poor neighborhood. That's where I grew up, but I attended a mostly white upper-class school in conservative Mississippi. I was often very aware of how I presented myself.


Angie Thomas  Angie Thomas
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Angie Thomas (born 1988)[1] is an American author, best known for writing the young adult novel The Hate U Give. Her second young adult novel, On the Come Up, was released in February 2019.

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Basketball requires discipline. So does writing. Basketball requires practice. So does writing. Basketball requires resilience. So does writing.

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At 7, I was shooting 3s with so much ease that the guys at the neighborhood park were impressed. Michael Jordan was one of the best humans to walk the earth in my eyes, third only to Jesus and my mother.

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 Tags: Mother Best Walk Eyes Earth Park
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My maternal grandmother was a star on her high school basketball team in small-town Mississippi.

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When I was a kid, if you asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, the answer was easy - the next Lisa Leslie.

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 Tags: Me Easy You Kid Up Next
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Literature births activists.

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Literature plays a huge role in examining difficult real-life issues.

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I've always been a huge Tupac fan, and I often listen to him for inspiration or when I'm stuck.

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 Tags: Listen Inspiration Always Him Stuck
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Michael Brown - when he lost his life, there was more focus on what he had done sometimes than what was done to him.

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