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"We Are Virginia Tech"

  • Apr. 18th, 2007 at 11:57 AM
just Chris
mckitterick
Yesterday at the Virginia Tech convocaton, Nikki Giovanni ended the ceremony by reading this poem. Click here for the MP3 audio of the poem.

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curieuse
Apr. 18th, 2007 05:10 pm (UTC)
I've been looking for a copy of the text since I saw it live. Thanks.
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(Anonymous)
Apr. 18th, 2007 05:41 pm (UTC)
Nikki Giovanni Embarrased Virginia Tech.
It is too bad that Nikki Giovanni tried to politicize the event. It should have been about the victims, not about her political agenda.
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mckitterick
Apr. 18th, 2007 05:45 pm (UTC)
Re: Nikki Giovanni Embarrased Virginia Tech.
Um... huh? I don't have TV, so I didn't see any coverage beyond hearing the poem itself on the radio. What did she do to politicize it?

The only politicization I noticed was Bush zipping down there to pretend to care. (Compare that to how rapidly he visited the Katrina devastation.)
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curieuse
Apr. 18th, 2007 05:47 pm (UTC)
Re: Nikki Giovanni Embarrased Virginia Tech.
Maybe it is politically offensive if you are, say, in favor of boulders rolling over infants. There's that.
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mckitterick
Apr. 18th, 2007 05:51 pm (UTC)
Re: Nikki Giovanni Embarrased Virginia Tech.
Oh, true! There's that whole, sickening "Illuminati for Crushing Poor Babies with Boulders" movement.
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curieuse
Apr. 18th, 2007 05:46 pm (UTC)
Re: Nikki Giovanni Embarrased Virginia Tech.
No, she didn't.
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