Students,
I hope this post finds you well--and that you were able to find it. For today's discussion, you were to have read selections from Marcus Garvey, and "The Criteria of Negro Art" by W.E.B. Dubois.
The post that follows this one contains some information and a video concerning Garvey. It is entitled "Marcus Garvey: Pan-Africanism and the Rise of the New Negro Movement." You can follow the link to the right to reach it. I hope you will read and enjoy.
Choose one of the items below to answer in a comment to this post. Give some thought to what you write, and be sure to answer thoroughly the question you choose:
1. Explain what the speaker here means by his comment, "We who are dark can see America in a way that white Americans cannot"? Think about his positioning as a philosopher, writer, and leader of African American arts.
"What do we want? What is the thing we are after? As it was phrased last night it had a certain truth: We want to be Americans, full-fledged Americans, with all the rights of other American citizens. But is that all? Do we want simply to be Americans? Once in a while through all of us there flashes some clairvoyance, some clear idea, of what America really is. We who are dark can see America in a way that white Americans cannot. And seeing our country thus, are we satisfied with its present goals and ideals?" (W.E.B. Dubois).
2. Choose from Marcus Garvey's selections and identify a line or passage that for you demonstrates a changing tide in the way African Americans thought of themselves and their positioning in American society. How does Garvey's words build upon, extend, or continue the projects of iconoclasts like David Walker and Ida B. Wells before him? How might he represent a "new tide" of African American thought?
I look forward to reading your thoughts and responses to this reading, and I will see you Monday! Have a lovely weekend.
Page. 997 "One editor and leader went so far as to say at his so called Pan African Congress that American Negros could not live in Africa, because the climate was too hot." Poor Marcus Garvey, he was not here when all of the problems were happening. They didn't like his ideas and they shot him down. Yes I think he's thinks on the same lines as David Walker, but going back to Africa wasn't the answer. Since he did not go through the pain and suffering, he should have joined the intellectuals leaders in America. Remember it's been at least 40 years now since they were in Africa.
ReplyDeleteThe speaker makes this statement being a philosopher, writer, and leader of African American arts seeing that all other races of people went through their movements to prove themselves as equals to White America. So he sees that the African American should do so as well. But also being dark, we have experienced somewhat more than any other people. And had more to prove as far as to being Americans. We have went through as a race more than any White American could ever say. We want to be treated fare, with equal rights, and as equals.
ReplyDeleteAs an African-American, WEB Dubois wanted our people to be recognized for their accomplishments and accepted as a part of this country. His comment reveals his desire for the black race to incorporate themselves into a world that was built on their hard work and strife. To see America through the eyes of an African-American, one would probably see red for the blood shed. Many blacks lost there lives for the sake of their rights and others. They would probably see white in remembrance of the slave owners who taught them valuable lessons in living in white American. Those lessons were usually taught in the form of violence, never in a caring manner. The eyes of an African-American would also see blue for the sadness of living in a country that had stolen them from their homeland. They realized that this country would never accept them for the people they are and were born to be. Yet, the extent of talent and intelligence did not limit itself due to the harsh reality of life for a black person in America. There were born many intellects, musicians, writers and poets who eclipsed the stereotype of a black man or woman. Some lived to see their recognition, many did not.
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DeleteThe speaker makes this statement from his prospective saying that us being who we are able to see the known, knowing what people went through doing these movements to prove theirselves as being equal to those who are superior " White America" as it is known. We want the same rights as they have but we also want more.
The speaker wants us to hear that the African Americans want to be treated as equal to the white American. Being black our standards have to be high to prove to the other races that we are equal. All the changes that we have been thought as blacks, the white can never measure up to what we have endured. We want to have the same rights as the other races.
ReplyDeleteDubois comment unveiled his goal to unite the African-American race with a civilization in which resulted from their blood, sweat, and tears. Realizing that many other races took a stance to prove their worth and fighting for equality in a society where White Americans are dominant, he feels that Afircan-americans should do the same. Seeing that African-Americans suffered far more than any other race with little to no justice.
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