For hundreds of year the old Negro had suffered under the rule of the white Americans. He struggled to stay alive and had no vision of ever succeeding in life. The old Negro was forced to express himself; "The Negro himself has contributed his share to this through a sort of protective social mimicry forced upon him by the adverse circumstances of dependence," (3). The Old Negro was put in a position that he had to get out of in order for his people to thrive and carry o

The New Negro is proud of who he is and recognizes where he came from, he does not scorn it or feel sorry for his past failures. The New Negro looks ahead in the future in hope of an even closer society. The New Negro feels he should not be looked at as less fortunate for his past altercations but regarded as a person with a strong heart and a persistent attitude to bring himself to the top, "Therefore the Negro of To-day wishes to be known for what he is, even in his faults and shortcomings, and scorns a craven and precarious survival at the price of seeming to be what he is not." The New Negro does not feel sorry for himself nor does he want others to feel for him, he does want to be recognized for his accomplishments and the stand he and his brothers and sisters took for freedom. He does not look back in the past, but dreams for the future and strives to bring himself closer to equality than ever before.

n. His only way to do this was to step up amongst all the adversity and prove himself and his people worthy and equals to his white oppressors. His triumph would

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