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
Throughout history, civilizations has divided itself into classes as a means to specialize a job that was required in society. They were structured like a pyramid, and had those at the top rule those at the bottom. And at the bottom of these pyramids, typically laid the class of the slave. Slaves had few rights,… Continue reading Blog Post #5 – The Creaky Metal Door
Blog Post 5 I really enjoyed reading “How It Feels to be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston, an essay in which she dives into her identity as a Black woman and the role that her childhood and upbringing played in shaping that identity. I knew for this blog post that I wanted to… Continue reading How It Felt to be Colored Zora
Across these texts, gazing or looking at “the other” is central. The gaze is represented in passing in different ways but I want to focus on passing/colorism and how it is shown in the Passing (1929) by Nella Larson. Starting the first passage which starts by talking about the letter, the gaze here refers to how… Continue reading DRAFT: Blog post 5
April12ClassNotes Shamar idea- subconsciously knew that Clare was black the entire time. Dorian idea- Jack embodies ignorance in the text and he represents what happens when ignorance goes unchecked. Jack might also embody something greater in the world of this text. Jack and Brian did not marry for love. Jack marries Clare as his trophy(Larsen… Continue reading GroupWorkNotes JACK Passing