Blue-Eyed Black Boy Rhetorical Analysis

Amy Euphemia Jacques Garvey’s 1925 essay entitled Women as Leaders educates an empathetic audience on racial discrimination while boldly critiquing gender roles and the men who choose to simply obey them. She insists that the “doll-baby type of woman is a thing of the past” (2), and encourages women to take action in their own lives. Garvey points out that women have a variety of skills, and rather than merely filling conventional roles, women can make the world better. Furthermore, she believes that in order for freedom to be achieved, it is essential that women be involved. The short play written by Georgia Douglas Johnson tackles themes of racism, inequality and interracial relationships. Blue-Eyed Black Boy is a story of progress within