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African American Poetry

Several poems from Black Voices, as well as Harlem Renaissance Women's Poetry, make an attempt to convey the effect that hundreds of years of social and mental oppression has had on the African American people. As a result of slavery and segregation (or in other words, racism) the African American population has taken an extensive psychological beating. Both before and after Emancipation, Blacks were forced to hide their thoughts and opinions for fear that they would be hurt in some way. Out of this fear to express their emotions, African Americans developed a "mask" which they used to hide their true selves. By hiding their emotions, Blacks, especially slaves, thought of themselves as stronger and more able to conquer the racial war that was being fought everyday. Without emotion; without thought, one can go through life without ever feeling pain, despair, hopelessness, anguish; all the emotions that can cause weakness. Despite the long held tradition of suppressing every weakening emotion, African American's have begun to step out from under their veil and express themselves. Thus this concept of a "mask" has become a common theme of African American literature.


It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, -



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