Edmund Feng Humberto Garcia ENG 057 5/10/2024 The analogy and comparison of Mckay and Zamora—two lives‚ two stories. Claude Mckay and Jamira Zamora both immigrated to the US‚ and both were isolated and alienated. However‚ differences still divide the two of them‚ differences rooted in their past - the reasoning behind their immigration‚ alongside their experiences. To me‚ Claude and Jamira couldn’t be further apart from one another just because of those differences in history and experiences
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Racism had always been a problem in certain parts of the United States around the 1930s‚ but that sparked many movements‚ one especially was the Harlem Renaissance. In the poem “If We Must Die” by Claude McKay uses key phrases to show how colored people are being treated during the time of the Harlem Renaissance and how they should be able to overcome the racism and violence because he himself was colored and experienced some of the racism himself and was able to stand strong against it. One of the
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In rhyme and meter‚ Claude McKay’s “If We Must Die” generally conforms to the conventions of a Shakespearean sonnet‚ but at several moments throughout the poem‚ McKay also strays from the rules of the English sonnet. In composing his poem in the style of the traditional Shakespearean sonnet‚ McKay creates a clear narrative that is both easy to follow and equally artistic. However‚ in deviating from this conventional style‚ McKay draws attention to specific phrases that contribute greatly to the contrasting
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Charles Bailey “If We Must Die” by Claude McKay‚ we must fight!! The poem “If We Must Die‚ by Claude McKay” is about a certain group of people who are hated and hunted by another group of others. I believe that the poet has made this poem to speak to his fellow African-Americans‚ who are being mistreated by the white slave owners. The speaker tells his people not to go easily‚ but rather fight as long as possible and don’t ever give up before they are killed. The poet believes that the worst things
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Lynching‚ as Robyn Wiegman has shown‚ is about law. According to Jacqueline Goldsby and Grace Elizabeth Hale lynching is also about the violent production of racial and cultural identity—whites were never whiter at the turn of the twentieth-century than when they participated in the terrorizing performance of lynching. This trajectory of scholarship makes clear that lynching was not an irrational practice or social anomaly that took place outside of history‚ nor was it simply a vigilante transgression
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Lynchings In Duluth Creative Writing I was woken up suddenly by my mother shaking me. “Come on Elmer”‚ she whispered‚ “we have to go!” Naturally‚ I was surprised and confused. “Where are we going mom”‚ I asked. “We are going downtown to partake in a little rally”‚ she responded. After a little more encouraging I eventually got up and began getting ready for the day. I came downstairs to see my sister‚ mom‚ and dad all waiting for me. They had all dressed as if this was a formal occasion‚ which I
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Without Sanctuary: Lynching in America These photos show how dangerous it was to be an African American trying to become something during Jim Crow America. If you wanted to be anything more then a free slave you would be hunted down by the Ku Klux Klan and lynched. Although it was against the law‚ it seemed to have become socially acceptable because people were sending these pictures as postcards. Also‚ hangings were a spectacle. In many of the photos large groups of people crowed around to
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stars of the gathering and the main attraction they were in no way the guests of honor‚ because on February 7th‚ 1904 they were lynched. Lynching were most common in America between 1890’s and the 1920’s. So what makes the curious case of Luther Holbert and his wife stand out in the estimated 4‚743 lynchings (72.7% were Negroes) that took place? Most lynchings were brutal and public events. The death of Luther Holbert and his wife were that and more. But what is more noteworthy is that while they
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before but are now seen as poor‚ weak‚ and desperate for work. The poem “America” by Claude McKay and the song “Immigrants” from the Hamilton Mixtape both display the difficult times of living in America and how the immigrants choose to stay despite these difficulties. In the poem “America”‚ Claude McKay describes his love and appreciation for his new country despite the difficulties he faces. For example‚ McKay includes in his poem “I stand within her walls” and “darkly I gaze into the days ahead
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like me and everyone else I know tortured‚ humiliated‚ and murdered breaks my heart in so many different ways. One image that really resonated with me led me to google search Jesse Washington. Reading the background behind his lynching and what occurred during his lynching is just unfathomable. They literally sold his charred body parts on the street as trophies or souvenirs. What kind of barbaric
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