Has anyone heard of David Trinidad? How about his book of poems entitled, "Plasticville"? Well, this entire persona that's being pushed forward by the rapper Nicki Minaj and her lyrical sense ("the Barbie at the end of her mind") has some people thinking about David Trinidad - for some odd reason.
More to come...
The Crisis Sep-Oct 2005
ReplyDelete“Sometimes educators go too far when they say “if you are African American and you duplicate this Barbie doll existence, you will be okay. No, that is not exactly it. I think there is a cultural divide, and it is more complicated than that.”
From Little Monsters to Plastic Barbie Dolls.
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