A Comparison of Violence in Living Jim Crow, Incident, and Blood burnin

Violence in Living Jim Crow, Incident, and Blood burning moonshine Violence seems to be quite a common topic in black American literature of the first decades of the 20th century. One major(ip) reason for this is probably that it was important for black authors non to be quieten about the in ripeices creation done to them. The violence described in the texts is non only of the physical kind, but also psychological the constant anguish and terrorising. The ever-present violence had such an effect on the black that they just could not fight back to stop the injustices. Richard Wright describes in his autobiography The ethics of Living Jim Crow An Autobiographical Sketch the atmosphere at his first job, where his broncobuster workers would not teach him anything, just because he was black This is a pureness mans work around here, and you better watch yourself (291). From that moment on, he neer really felt at ease going to work. This kind of pinch of unease is also found in Countee Cullens Incident. It shows clearly how children are not really aware of the differences adults believe to exist between different races until being told that there is a difference. The poem seems to be a product of individualised experiences as a child, when another child pokes out his tongue and calls the talker of the poem nigger during a stay in Baltimore, and it pictures the homosexual disposition to look no further than the colour of the skin. This is probably an event that stayed in the childs mind all his life, hence the final lines of the poem I apothegm the whole of Baltimore / From May until December / Of all the things that happened there / Thats all that I remember (384). In his autobiography Wright also describes the childhood fi... ... habits free rein. information Black Voices really made me say of how I act and think when it comes to racial issues and even though I know that all human beings are equal, this kind of reminder is necessary - for all of us. Bibliography From the anthology Black voices blue jean Toomer Blood burning moon Richard Wright The Ethics of Living Jim Crow An Autobiographical Sketch Dudley Randall The Idiot Countee Cullen Incident Internet resources Countee Cullen. The academy of American Poets. March 2001 <http//www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=56> Jean Toomer. Heath Online Instructors Guide. March 2001 <http//www.georgetown.edu/bassr/ heath/syllabuild/iguide/toomer.html> 1 Gutta cavat lapidem non vi sed saepe cadendo Latin for The drop carves the stone, not by rip but by constant dripping.