{"id":439,"date":"2019-05-19T20:26:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T20:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iforcolor.org\/word\/?p=439"},"modified":"2019-05-25T02:48:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T02:48:08","slug":"a-delicious-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iforcolor.org\/word\/a-delicious-family\/","title":{"rendered":"A Delicious Family!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Delicious Family! by Autumn Stiles<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Oh brave new world that has such people unite! <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iforcolor.org\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/renee-2-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iforcolor.org\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/renee-2-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iforcolor.org\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/renee-2.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">This brave new world is not just the island inhabited by calypso\u2019s and calibans, but by the people who have woven the fabric of this quaint cultural quilt, think and eclectic, <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">warm and<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333300;\">cradling<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Jersey City the most diverse city on the on the east coast and the second most diverse in<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333300;\">the country<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333300;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Where I flourished no flickering flame, but a blazing torch fueled by the aroma of a thousand nations that hangs thick in the air.<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Mother said \u201cmusic slides over rain slicked roofs that know no prejudice, yet contain it. <\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">But whatever prejudices contained within the walls stayed that way, hidden, drowned in maita suffocated in spring rolls. <\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Buried under beef patties, pummed under pirogues. Quelled with quenepas.<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I did not struggle with race growing up, people actually made shit up, added some spice the their personal pots, to make themselves more exotic I swear, everyone had a little Dominican or quyanese in them, dique? <\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Yeah everybody had that one Indian or black cousin. No one counted to be a brand, flowerless we just wanted to be jersey city.<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1016\" title=\"family a s\" src=\"https:\/\/iforcolor.org\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/family-a-s-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Delicious Family<\/span><\/span>!<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1005\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1005\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1005\" title=\"aut 2\" src=\"https:\/\/iforcolor.org\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/aut-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-1005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Autumn Stiles<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4DR_NMtBEj4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ALL RIGHTS RESERVED<em> Autumn Stiles &#8211; (The Word- <span style=\"color: #008000;\">If<\/span><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">or<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">color<\/span>.<span style=\"color: #800080;\">org<\/span>)<\/em><\/span><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delicious Family! by Autumn Stiles Oh brave new world that has such people unite! &nbsp;This brave new world is not just the island inhabited by calypso\u2019s and calibans, but by the people who have woven the fabric of this quaint cultural quilt, think and eclectic, warm and cradling. 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