Summary Of African American Exodus

“African- American, Exodus, and the American Israel” by Albert J. Raboteau is an excerpt from “African- American Christianity” essay where the author questions about African –American identity that was described in the bible. The purpose of this essay to illustrate how white Americans and African-American see the nation America in a different perspective. In the essay, the author questions the reasons for slavery that brings a lot of sufferings for the black people and how day by day religion was used to justify the action for slavery. According to the essay, the story of Exodus claims that God intended Africans to be slaves and therefore white Christians made Africans as slaves. At the end, Raboteau questions his readers how should we see or view America. Is America Israel which is true for white Christians or is she Egypt which may be true for most Black people?
I enjoyed reading the article, as it is very convincing and the author Albert J. Raboteau uses simple words from Exodus to convey his message for his readers. The biggest strength of this article that it gives a strong evidence from
One of the strengths of the piece is that it makes powerful arguments to hold readers’ attention. I realize many essential and dark history of the religious people by reading this extraordinary article. I learn many valuable lessons about the Bible that I did not know before. This article also reminds me about a novel named Moses, Man of the Mountain by Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright’s “Fire and Cloud” short story. The only question I have about this piece is how the author defined America because I strongly believe for different groups of people it means different things. Therefore, I want to know what Raboteau thinks about America as for me it is not clear which side he is supporting in the