Author: BRENIKA BANKS

Blog Post #2

The Making of Black Excellence

BRENIKA BANKS

            Harlem’s characteristics are distinctive because of African descendant’s great contributions to New York City. The origins of this unique section of Manhattan are significant because of the neighborhood’s transformation from Dutch to Irish to Jewish to Negro. Black people’s occupancy left a long-lasting effect on Harlem that was directly… Continue reading The Making of Black Excellence

Blog post #1 · Crisis Magazine

Crisis Mag Post#1: New Chosen Identity

BRENIKA BANKS

The words “reconstruction” and “representation” play crucial roles in “The Trope of a New Negro” reading.  These two words represents the importance of Black people’s new chosen identity post-slavery. Is there any relevance to white people’s influences and opinions on Black people in the U.S.?  Should their influences and opinions be eliminated, and replaced under… Continue reading Crisis Mag Post#1: New Chosen Identity