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…showed last 75 words of 1114 total…to a supreme white society. Amiri Baraka dealt with the issues of racism and homosexuality during a very tense time in American history. He brought much controversy to these issues and he never backed down from his critics. His ideas were strange and need a lot of thought applied to them before you can truly understand them. Amiri Baraka is truly a unique personality that made some of the finest modern African-American poems and plays.