The old Negro
Kendra K Crowe
Literature 121
10/19/2014
The Old and New Negro
Alain Locke considers African Americans as transforming into someone “new.” He describes how African Americans migrated from the south to the north and were given new opportunities. Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston are consider to be the definition of the new Negro.
First, Richard Wright was one I see as a new negro, because he was not trying to stay in the south and adapt to the ways that was set for the negro. According to 123 helpme.com The “new” Negro strive for equal rights. Alain Locke describes other factors that pushed African Americans to move north to discover a “rebirth.” The “new” Negro went north to obtain the opportunity to move up from the bottom, to get away from the white man, and to get away from the pressure of having to many poor crops. For instance, he says “The wash and rush of this human tide on the beach line of the northern city. Alain Locke describes the “old” and “new” race in many ways. In Locke’s opinion the “old” Negro was a confused individual that was always the target of debate. For example, Locke says, “His has perpetuated as an historical fiction partly in innocent sentimentalism, partly in deliberate reactionism.” This is important because the “old” Negro was treated as an object, automatically made to depend on whites, and more or less subjected to being ruled over. The “new” generations of Negros were also stronger, seeking ways to control their own destiny, became conscience of their identity and race, and accepted the color of their skin. “The Negro to-day is inevitably moving forward under the control largely of his own objectives.” The “new”
Negro sought out the opportunity to bring himself up from the bottom which was significant because the “new” Negro was ready to emerge. After moving to Chicago in 1927 he got a job at the Post Office as a clerk where he spent his spare time reading other authors. Due to the Great Depression he was
Literature 121
10/19/2014
The Old and New Negro
Alain Locke considers African Americans as transforming into someone “new.” He describes how African Americans migrated from the south to the north and were given new opportunities. Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston are consider to be the definition of the new Negro.
First, Richard Wright was one I see as a new negro, because he was not trying to stay in the south and adapt to the ways that was set for the negro. According to 123 helpme.com The “new” Negro strive for equal rights. Alain Locke describes other factors that pushed African Americans to move north to discover a “rebirth.” The “new” Negro went north to obtain the opportunity to move up from the bottom, to get away from the white man, and to get away from the pressure of having to many poor crops. For instance, he says “The wash and rush of this human tide on the beach line of the northern city. Alain Locke describes the “old” and “new” race in many ways. In Locke’s opinion the “old” Negro was a confused individual that was always the target of debate. For example, Locke says, “His has perpetuated as an historical fiction partly in innocent sentimentalism, partly in deliberate reactionism.” This is important because the “old” Negro was treated as an object, automatically made to depend on whites, and more or less subjected to being ruled over. The “new” generations of Negros were also stronger, seeking ways to control their own destiny, became conscience of their identity and race, and accepted the color of their skin. “The Negro to-day is inevitably moving forward under the control largely of his own objectives.” The “new”
Negro sought out the opportunity to bring himself up from the bottom which was significant because the “new” Negro was ready to emerge. After moving to Chicago in 1927 he got a job at the Post Office as a clerk where he spent his spare time reading other authors. Due to the Great Depression he was