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New page: '''Amiri Baraka''' (born '''Everett LeRoi Jones''' in 1934) is an anti-Semitic, black nationalist poet. He was Poet Laureate of New Jersey from 2002 to 20...
'''Amiri Baraka''' (born '''Everett LeRoi Jones''' in 1934) is an [[anti-Semitic]], [[black nationalism|black nationalist]] [[poet]]. He was Poet Laureate of [[New Jersey]] from 2002 to 2004.
Baraka's poetry contains many anti-Semitic and anti-white rantings. There are also a lot of profanity, and it is laden with misspellings, bad punctuation, and improper diction. Overall, his poetry looks more like [[gangsta rap]] to some people.
Baraka was at the center of a controversy during his Poet Laureate tenure in 2003, over his poem "Somebody Blew Up America." In this poem, Baraka blames [[Israel]] under [[Ariel Sharon]] for the [[9/11 attacks]]. He also maligns [[Colin Powell]], [[Clarence Thomas]], and [[Condoleezza Rice]] in this same poem. Then-governor [[Jim McGreevey]] criticized Baraka's poem, but refused to fire him. In 2004 however, Baraka resigned.
[[Category: Poets]]
[[Category: Black Nationalists]]
Baraka's poetry contains many anti-Semitic and anti-white rantings. There are also a lot of profanity, and it is laden with misspellings, bad punctuation, and improper diction. Overall, his poetry looks more like [[gangsta rap]] to some people.
Baraka was at the center of a controversy during his Poet Laureate tenure in 2003, over his poem "Somebody Blew Up America." In this poem, Baraka blames [[Israel]] under [[Ariel Sharon]] for the [[9/11 attacks]]. He also maligns [[Colin Powell]], [[Clarence Thomas]], and [[Condoleezza Rice]] in this same poem. Then-governor [[Jim McGreevey]] criticized Baraka's poem, but refused to fire him. In 2004 however, Baraka resigned.
[[Category: Poets]]
[[Category: Black Nationalists]]