http://www.assatashakur.org/
There is a thread on Ngugi wa Thiong'o Decolonizing the Mind that may be of interest to you, given our recent discussion of language/writing via June Jordan.
http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/open-forum/17592-ngugi-wa-thiongo-quotes-language-decolonizing-mind-1986-a.html
The following questions spring to my mind: Is it useful to consider standard forms of discourse (Standard American English) as a colonizing force? Does language shape the imaginary? If so, is it useful to resist/reframe dominant language/discourse? Can the mind be decolonized using the colonizer's language?
For a lesbian, feminist take on this question I'm also thinking of Audre Lorde's "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" from her collection Sister Outsider.
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