I was born and spent most of my childhood living in Harlem (145th & Frederick Douglass Blvd. to be exact) something that I will always cherish about living there was the sense of community. As a young kid, I spent hours outside with my older siblings and friends ripping through the neighborhood streets and parks,… Continue reading Community in Harlem
What I find so compelling about both the novel and film versions of Passing is its ability to complicate the dominant narrative about what Blackness was in the early 20th century, and what it continues to be today. While race was and is the dominant lens that which Black people are viewed through in the… Continue reading Race and Class at a Crossroads in “Passing”
The Harlem Renaissance was a time period that I believe in retrospect is looked at through too much of a narrow lens to fully understand the context in which the period was born out of. I got to this conclusion when I really started to look at and analyze the vast historical and literary archive… Continue reading Overview Draft
Focus/ key themes/ what ideas do your posts connect, relate to, or contrast? (1-2 sentences) I want my final project to be focused on the central theme of Black refinement and its history using the Harlem Renaissance as a starting point. I want to tie in themes of the New Negro and how there… Continue reading Final Blog Site Proposal
Blog Post Intro: What I find so compelling about both the novel and film versions of Passing is its ability to complicate the dominant narrative about what Blackness was in the early 20th century, and what it continues to be today. While race was and is the dominant lens that Black people are viewed through… Continue reading Blog Post #5 Outline
Something that I found that the book does more explicitly than the movie is creating tension between the juxtaposing feelings of being an outsider versus being an insider. Clare understands that she is infiltrating white spaces and firmly looks at herself as an outsider despite the fact that she chooses to pass. Irene even notes… Continue reading Insider v. Outsider
A couple of things stood out to me as I was watching the movie, Passing. One of the things that I found interesting was how to movie was able to covey this almost juxtaposed feeling of joy and horror about being able to successfully infiltrate white spaces and society by being able to pass as… Continue reading Thoughts on Passing (Movie)
Something striking about Opportunity Magazine is the way that it is formatted. Poems, essays, and illustrations all follow one another throughout the magazine to create a seamless archive of Black achievements. One of those illustrations that seemed particularly significant appeared in the September 1925 issue of Opportunity. The illustration was drawn by Charles Robinson, and… Continue reading The Weary Blues and Social Progress
Something striking about Opportunity Magazine is the way that it is formatted. Poems, essays, and illustrations all follow one another throughout the magazine to create a seamless archive of Black achievements. One of those illustrations that seemed particularly significant appeared in the September 1925 issue of Opportunity. The illustration was drawn by Charles Robinson, and… Continue reading The Weary Blues and Social Progress Draft #2
Something striking about Opportunity Magazine is the way that it is formatted. Poems, essays, and illustrations all follow one another throughout the magazine to create a seamless archive of Black achievements. One of those illustrations that seemed particularly significant appeared in the September 1925 issue of Opportunity. The illustration was drawn by Charles Robinson, and… Continue reading The Weary Blues and Social Progress (Draft)
