“Ultimately all hominids came from Africa, and therefore everyone in America should simply check the box next to 'African-American.' My maternal grandmother was German and my maternal grandfather was Greek. The next time I fill out one of those forms I am going to check 'Other' and write in the truth about my racial and cultural heritage: 'African-Greek-German-American.' And proud of it.” ThinkingShouldWritingAmericaFormNextProudBoxesChecksAfrican AmericanGreekGrandmotherHeritageGrandfatherNext TimeCultural HeritageHominids Book:Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time Source: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
“We all have our muses. My grandmother and my mother are the people I write for. I'll never have to worry about who buys my work, or who likes it, and who doesn't. The people who I want to be proud of me already are.” PeopleWantWritingMotherWorryProudLikesGrandmotherMuseBe ProudMy GrandmotherProud Of Me Author:Nikki Giovanni
“I don't think I'm more politically-based as much as socially-based. My grandmother died on February 29th, and she kept all of my magazine and newspaper scraps, every interview. I've been in the newspapers since I was about 15 - not for rapping, but for real substantive stuff I was doing in the community, organizing around gang violence in the schools. So I had already made my grandma proud before I was on TV. I've always been who I am.” ThinkingRealSchoolCommunityViolenceProudRapGrandmotherMy GrandmotherGangGrandmaScrapFebruaryMy GrandmaMother Died Author:Killer Mike