advocating for equal treatment of all people

advocating for equal treatment of all people

1. The words stranger, sight ,village and Neger are repeated often because the essay is about discrimination based on sexual/gender identity, economic/financial status, immigration, religious backgrounds, racial identity, and education levels (or even physical appearance itself!).Baldwin’s identity is defend by his

, Baldwin walked into a restaurant where he knew he would not be served. When the waitress explained that black people were not served at the establishment, James Baldwin threw a glass of water at her, shattering the mirror behind the bar. as a result of being disillusioned by American prejudice against blacks and gays, Baldwin left the united states at the age of 24 and settled in paris, france.

2.the two paragraphs advocating for equal treatment of all people irrespective of their color, religion and sex,we even see him attending to restaurant while he was so sure that he will not e served, he is very active fighting for the rights of the black and wanted them to be trusted equally with the white. The truth is that most of his work is teaching about equality and no discrimination, to the reader this is useful one

3from the quote its quote means that he was against the majority in the society any people mistreated Africans .being less human being is how he thinks against the majority  who are perceiving Africans as slaves

4being the first black to be seen by the white men might results to discrimination and normally when a first white man comes into African country he is highly respected and appreciated he will be given all what he wants.

5the experience of the black in America is bad they are mistreated and regarded as being less human in the village meaning they are not of much importance to the village, on the other hand live of the black in Europe is enjoyable no much disturbances like discrimination we see Baldwin leaving America and goes to exile in Paris

6. The word American (ns) is used severally to stress the theme of racial discrimination that there should be no discrimination in America no black or white. in adition it calls for the majority to participate in fighting against racial discrimination.

7, according to James if both blacks and whites understand racial relationship by confirming their personal or communal identity then they has welcomed peace and harmony in the world and nobody will be hated by another due to discrimination unity will be there in doing everything.

2…THE GREAT DEPRESSIN TURNED HER TO WRITING Color does not enter into her equation.  When Hurston walks down a street, she belongs to the human race not the colored race.She does feel discrimination. Hurston  does not let it enter into her heart or soul.  Yet, the speaker is always surprised by the prejudice. As an American citizen, she does not consider herself to be a colored American—just an American.

2. Hurston also opposed preferential treatment for African-Americans, saying, “If I say a whole system must be upset for me to win, I am saying that I cannot sit in the game, and that safer rules must be made to give me a chance. I repudiate that. If others are in there, deal me a hand and let me see what I can make of it, even though I know some in there are dealing from the bottom and cheating like hell in other ways.”

2. She saw no difference between her and the white people.The speaker used her front porch to observe the parade of people who would pass by in their cars or wagons. Her observations became a play.  The gate post was her seat and the surrounding porch the proscenium arch.  As the people would pass by, Hurston would always yell or say something to them.the writer is advocating for equal treatment to all people without considering ,their origin,race ,religion,or gender.since she encourages the black to take heart and play the role of treating each person equaly .

3Hurston is open about how race has shaped her identity. It is the reason she has gone from “everybody’s Zora” to “colored me.” Hurston acknowledges it as a social marker that makes her “the outsider” to the dominant cultural majority. However, she argues that race is not the only element that defines her sense of self. Hurston speaks of a personal pride in her identity that can transcend racial definition

1. the author never dwells on being colored.  It did not depress her.  To her the slavery problem ended sixty years before. The Civil War and its results opened up the world and its opportunities for her.Hurston sees her sense of self moving past being solely racial. While being African-American has helped to define her identity because she knows what it feels like to experience discrimination, Hurston feels that she is more than this. She speaks of an identity that does not capitulate only to racial elements. When she articulates ideas like “the pleasure of my company” or that her pride in self makes her feel as if she “has no race” and is simply “me,” it is clear that race is not the only formative piece of her identity.

1. Hurston says, “At certain times, I have no race, I am me. . . I have no separate feeling about being an American citizen and colored. I am merely a fragment of the Great Soul that surges within the boundaries” (211). Think about this quote in relation with James Baldwin. How does Hurston address her “American-ness,” different from Baldwin’s understanding of being black and, at the same time, being American? Compare Baldwin and Hurston by focusing on their different concepts of “American-ness.

6. Hurston saw no difference between her and the white people
7. The speaker used her front porch to observe the parade of people who would pass by in their cars or wagons. Her observations became a play.  The gate post was her seat and the surrounding porch the proscenium arch.  As the people would pass by, Hurston would always yell or say something to them.while Baldwin WAS JUST MISTRETWD IN THE RESTRAUNT .

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1. The author refers to herself as a “brown bag of miscellany propped against a wall. . . in company with other bags, white, red, and yellow” (211). She goes on to say that when the contents of these bags are dumped out and then re-filled, the contents are not “altered” much. What does she mean by this? How is she using this metaphor? And, for what purpose? The authoress here utilizes a thorough simile to convey a sense of her frustration with the artificiality of social constructs and assumptions

The descriptors and their nouns tumble out upon the page as the objects themselves would tumble upon the floor; each may hold some minimal significance, but it is their similarity in existence that is most crucial, for it indicates a shared human spirit. Further, “against a wall” suggests a lack of movement, a forced state imposed by hegemonic principles that offers limited directional movement.  The passivity of “propped” suggests that she did not prop herself there; another force, beyond her control, has resulted in this state. Hurston effectively postulates that the contents of each bag, no matter the color of the bag, are essentially similar; the world must learn to view each person as partaking in the common human essence while maintaining a unique individuality.