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. . .there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions, stress, and pain of constant exploitation and oppression.

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Pain, Stress, Play
bell hooks, Cornel West (2016). “Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life”, p.110, Routledge
. . .there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions, stress, and pain of constant exploitation and oppression.