... / That I dance like I've got diamonds / At the meeting of my thighs" shows that the figurative character of STILL I RISE will still dance and rise no matter how oppressed or critical her opposition is. It is also rather ambiguous and can be interpreted as sexual ("diamonds at the meeting of my thighs"), but I doubt Angelou wanted that to be her message ... reaction not with defensiveness or hostility, but rather truth and logic. CHAPTER 13 The theme of "Black Braintruster" revolved around change and how FDR's initial neutral (or even arguably negative) stance on African-American advance...

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