bullit an di waatah cannan will bring a blam blam nevah mind scarman will bring a blam blam. thank you very much forthat, linton. and you say you wrote that in response to the new cross fire in london, which in 1981 was followed by the riots, the protests in brixton in south london. and i should say to you that one conservative newspaper, the spectator, at the time, said of your poems, written obviously in patois english, that they wreaked havoc in schools and helped to create a generation of rioters and illiterates . he chuckles. i m sure you re familiar with that kind of criticism, but nevertheless, how do you respond to it? i felt rather flattered that the spectator should see it fit to give me space on their precious pages, you know? i felt that if this, um.
bring a blam blam. thank you very much forthat, linton. and you say you wrote that in response to the new cross fire in london, which in 1981 was followed by the riots, the protests in brixton in south london. and i should say to you that one conservative newspaper, the spectator, at the time, said of your poems, written obviously in patois english, that they wreaked havoc in schools and helped to create a generation of rioters and illiterates . he chuckles. i m sure you re familiar with that kind of criticism, but nevertheless, how do you respond to it? i felt rather flattered that the spectator should see it fit to give me space on their precious pages, you know? i felt that if this, um. ..if this magazine that represents right wing opinions is saying those things about me, then i m doing something right.
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you have been really clear and i love that you do not evaluat your success by the awards tha you have earned or the distinction that s yoshi eve though there are many. so how exactly do you evaluate your success, what is your message to folks my message to folks is just constantly understanding tha we all have some responsibility, you know, like barack obama at once said it is one not abou placing blame or taking blam but it is about taking responsibility and to take it a step further, my biggest mentors have taught me that responsibility means the ability to respond so taking this forward, what i want people to know that we al have to take responsibility fo the environment and the societ we find ourselves in and that some of us just have better ability to respond to these challenges, but just kno that you are going to be challenged called on to respon to these challenges in you life and the people in you