Old and New Negro
In the age of slavery African-American men and women were rarely given the opportunity to express anything that was on their minds. They were though to be unintelligent and inferior to the European descendant white Americans. It was believed that the “Old-Negro” could not think for him or herself, that black’s couldn’t develop hypothesis’ on their own, that they couldn’t figure things out for themselves or wonder why things were the way that they were. In the passage The New Negro by Alain Locke, the author explains how the “Old Negro” of the past evolves into the “New Negro” of present day.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
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Approximate Word count = 726
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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