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i saw a couple of kids ... big, black raver pants with metal hoops on the side ... a woman with the bottom of a witch dress sticking out from under her coat. i knew we'd arrived.
i talked briefly to alonye, who mostly just wanted to go dance.
"it's a lifestyle that people don't wanna understand," he tells me.
like who?
"our parents," he mumbles. "it's better for our race, cuz we get to understand ourselves even more."
- jennifer blowdryer, "up all night: harlem," new york press december 10, 2003
posted December 13, 2003 in print, speech