{"id":1057,"date":"2019-07-24T16:08:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iforcolor.org\/word\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2019-07-24T16:08:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:08:29","slug":"i-like-i-hate-by-lorraine-hansberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iforcolor.org\/word\/i-like-i-hate-by-lorraine-hansberry\/","title":{"rendered":"I LIKE – I HATE by Lorraine Hansberry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lorraine Hansberry singing. Photograph by Molly Malone Cook, circa 1957-1958.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mahalia Jackson\u2019s music<\/em><\/strong>
\nMy husband \u2014 most of the time<\/em><\/strong>
\ndressed up<\/em><\/strong>
\nbeing admired for my looks<\/em><\/strong>
\nDorothy Secules eyes<\/em><\/strong>
\nDorothy Secules<\/em><\/strong>
\nShakespeare<\/em><\/strong>
\nHaving an appetite<\/em><\/strong>
\nSlacks<\/em><\/strong>
\nMy homosexuality<\/em><\/strong>
\nBeing alone<\/em><\/strong>
\nEartha Kitt\u2019s looks<\/em><\/strong>
\nEartha Kitt<\/em><\/strong>
\nThat first drink of Scotch<\/em><\/strong>
\nTo feel like working<\/em><\/strong>
\nThe little boy in \u201c400 Blows\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
\nThe way I look<\/em><\/strong>
\nCertain flowers<\/em><\/strong>
\nThe way Dorothy Talks<\/em><\/strong>
\nOlder Women<\/em><\/strong>
\nMiranda D\u2019Corona\u2019s accent<\/em><\/strong>
\nCharming women<\/em><\/strong>
\nAnd\/or intelligent women<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I HATE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Being asked to speak<\/strong><\/em>
\nSpeaking getting<\/strong><\/em>
\nToo much mail<\/strong><\/em>
\nMy loneliness<\/strong><\/em>
\nMy homosexuality<\/strong><\/em>
\nStupidity<\/strong><\/em>
\nMost television programs<\/strong><\/em>
\nWhat has happened to Sidney Poitier<\/strong><\/em>
\nRacism<\/strong><\/em>
\nPeople who defend it<\/strong><\/em>
\nSeeing my picture<\/strong><\/em>
\nReading my interviews<\/strong><\/em>
\nJean Genet\u2019s plays<\/strong><\/em>
\nJean Paul Sartre\u2019s writing<\/strong><\/em>
\nNot being able to work<\/strong><\/em>
\nDeath<\/strong><\/em>
\nPain Cramps<\/strong><\/em>
\nBeing <\/strong><\/em>hung over
\nSilly women<\/strong><\/em>
\nAs silly men<\/strong><\/em>
\nDavid Suskind\u2019s pretensions \u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nSneaky love affairs.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Lorraine Hansberry, 1959. Photograph by David Attie. (National Portrait Gallery)<\/p><\/div>\n

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NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT\u00a0INTENDED\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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