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what does wise negro mean?

  what does wise negro mean? The phrase "wise negro" is  closely related to or used interchangeably with the  "Magical Negro"  trope, a well-known storytelling and cinematic device . [ 1 ,  2 ] The "Magical Negro" Trope The "Magical Negro" is a character archetype in literature, film, and television where a Black character—often depicted as possessing deep wisdom, spiritual insight, or sometimes subtle supernatural or "folk" powers—steps into the story to help a white protagonist. [ 1 ,  2 ]
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third time i got barred

  word gets around phones tapped threatened on the street mocked by strangers on the street i sought a new venue i read a very personal poem it took a lot of strength to do that afterwards i felt post disclosure anxiety i should have immediately left but thought i'd like to listen to other poets i sought a friendly face met a nice young women we exchanged pleasantries then her friend arrived mouth wide open we she saw me without speaking handed the young woman 2 drinks & walked away to make a phone call looking very concerned later i caught up with the two lonely without a friend i suffer from severe anxiety worse after performing & us irish talk country people of a simpler generation we talked but the friend wouldn't look at me the young woman's friend looked south asian i wasn't sure whether south indian or sri lankan so i asked her her background as my ex wife of 12 years was creole mauritian with ancestry in tamil naidoo state india & i'd taught many...

the second time i was barred

  i went back after my 2 month ban was over but didn't feel capable of speaking i sat out the back the usual ersatz poems were read generic coulda been written by AI time passed i spoke with my mate one of the few good poets in the club to ask him what he thought of my barring he played the dead bat ignoring or dismissing the question we had a text fight he wouldn't catch up or answer the phone i went hard as life has taught me to go we had a disagreement a misunderstanding the next day i apologised he ghosted me & circulated our scrap withthr whole group i thought him a dear friend & that friends sorted things out one on one? evidently he was only an associate & a blanket ban was called no one answered any of my text messages it was the treatment cult apostates face "ur out! ur dead!" the bar owner decried that poor little "Nameless" etc why was he in on it did "Nameless" work there was he a man or a mouse? i don't get it i thought...

the night i got barred

  she needed to tell her story & that was her night she walked into me from the night a bottle of vodka a bottle of pineapple juice on the street outside i copped many wacks that night raped by her father & grandfather repeatedly 20 years in prison broken i thought tonight's the night she's ready to tell her story i got her on the bill but boy did they make us wait people were yellin at me! to quieten her to bourgeois neurotic tastes i was gettin hit by her! as people bitched & moaned about HOW HARD it is being middle class! i thought FINALLY some context people were yellin at me i was gettin hit by her as people bitched & moaned she was sayin THIS IS POOR MAN'S EMINEM WE'VE HEARD IT BEFORE IT'S GOTTA COME FROM THE HEART! some she liked never been to a poetry reading before she didn't know THE "RULES" finally after hours of being beatin & people yellin at me i was up first I HAD TO SET THE CONTEXT i talked about a sexual assault i s...