The Blacker The Berry By Brian Russel Roberts
In the essay (Ex)isles in the Harlem Renaissance, Brian Russel Roberts is under the assumption that it is possible the intended narrator of The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman is hidden within the novel itself. Roberts also discusses how the focuses on black communities and “the black internalization of white prejudice” (93) in the United States during the 1920’s. His essay also addresses the effects of being a black person surrounded by a “sea of white faces” (101) and how Emma Lou learned to overcome her prejudices and join “archipelago”.
Roberts deliberates the possibility of a character-narrator by the name of Truman Walker, a writer who has been acquainted with Emma Lou before in Los Angeles and later on Harlem. He also has a similar
Roberts deliberates the possibility of a character-narrator by the name of Truman Walker, a writer who has been acquainted with Emma Lou before in Los Angeles and later on Harlem. He also has a similar