Essays on The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

AN ANALYSIS OF THE DETRIMENT OF “PASSING” IN JAMES WELDON JOHNSON’S NOVEL, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN Is it rational for a black man to attempt to “pass” himself off as a white person? “Passing” is defined as a detrimental intermediary preventing the narrator’s ability…

For decades blacks in America have been suppressed much like a flame being smothered in order to extinguish it, but unlike fire, the spirits and souls of blacks have never stopped burning. Blacks have been physically abused by society through lynchings, burnings, and other acts…

Parental Judgment Draft question: What parental judgment goes on to informing the children? Every human being should have the right to know the truth about their background in order to recognize their own identity. Although it is comprehendible that a parent only wants to protect…