Embracing literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts, participants sought to reconceptualize “the Negro” apart from the white stereotypes<span> that had influenced black peoples’ relationship to their heritage and to each other. They also sought to break free of Victorian </span>moral<span> values and bourgeois shame about aspects of their lives that might, as seen by whites, reinforce racist beliefs. </span>
The answer would be x= 7, y= -2, or (7,-2).
