"…You have to intentionally seek out community. You have to intentionally seek out spaces that are comfortable, that are welcoming. And I think that intentionality just bleeds into the work of people who are from Pittsburgh. It's not a place where you could just laze into blackness. You have to be hyper-cognizant of it…"
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On Blackness in the city of Pittsburgh in “Writer Damon Young On Being Black And The Absurdity Of It All” in NPR (2019 Apr 4)
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