Hurston argues that the American society has misapprehended black people, even to the present day. And it's not because it is hard to understand and accept black people, but because the white majority is entirely indifferent to them. They don't care about black people's preoccupations, struggles, internal problems. And it isn't only white Americans who employ such an attitude. It is also colored immigrants and people of other ethnicities who join in.
Hence the misconceptions about black people. They are still being perceived in the context of their former slavery. They are almost never seen as heterogeneous population, where there are educated and uneducated, skilled and unskilled. Thereby the white majority reinforces the ancient narrative that blacks don't even deserve education, as it won't improve their inherently corrupt nature
The media don't help either. Their portrayal of black people is uniform. Of course, their work is commercial, and they won't make stories that don't sell. But that only means that the general audience is not interested in ordinary, everyday, human stories about black people. It is not only a snobbish perspective; it is a socially detrimental perspective which excludes a huge population which is a part of America.
I think its Religious because Greeks had their own gods and all
This question is missing the options. I've found the complete question online. It is the following:
Blessed are the children who always eat the same flavor of ice cream or always know beforehand what kind they will want. Such good children should be quarantined from those who want to "wait and see what flavors there are."
What is the author's purpose for including this portion of "How to Eat an Ice-
Cream Cone"?
A. To inquire about the audience's favorite ice cream flavor
B. To entertain the audience through his use of humor
C. To inform the audience about the value of ice cream
D. To persuade the audience to think about flavors in advance
Answer:
The author's purpose is:
B. To entertain the audience through his use of humor
Explanation:
The passage we are analyzing here is clearly not a serious one. It is supposed to be funny and witty, especially because choosing an ice cream flavor is not a grave matter at all. Not only does the author make a big deal out of it, he goes to the extreme of saying children who know what flavor they want should be quarantined from those who do not. It's as if not knowing the flavor is a contagious disease! Clearly, the author is just making fun of how annoying it may be to wait for a child to decide what flavor he wants.
Answer:
A. an autobiographical sketch
C. satisfied
C. I think there are not many men in our country who have had the privilege of naming themselves in the way that I have.
Explanation:
In this passage. Booker T. Washington describes the reasons why he has that name. He tells us that his name did not originally come from his parents naming him. Instead, it came from him not knowing what his full name was. This is a personal story of his life, which makes it an autobiographical sketch. Washington appears satisfied about the way in which this happened, as he tells us that naming yourself is a privilege most men have not had.
If my memory serves me well, <span>the features which you most likely can find in a modernist poem are being revealed by the third option from the scale represented above : </span><span>precise images constructed with as few words as possible. This is the main point which can help you to distinguish modernist poem, to be more exact the idea of symbolism which means the less words - the more sense.
Do hope you will find it helpful!</span>
