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Merle Woo

“... most of the time when 'universal' is used, it is just a euphemism for 'white': white themes, white significance, white culture.”
- Merle Woo,
- "Letter to Ma," in Cherríe Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldúa, eds., This Bridge Called My Back (1983)

Merle Woo, U.S. poet, academic, activist

(1941)