Literature Core (1080-01 S2022)
“Blackness” is a short story written by Antiguan writer Jamaica Kincaid. The story consists of the narrator, a black woman, describing her identity in relation to a certain “blackness” that consumes her within her vivid imagination. The narrator begins to picture her daughter, a transparent figure that has dominance over Earth’s features that were previously…
Backwacking, a Plea to the Senator is a fictional text published in 1977 by Ralph Ellison. Ellison’s text is formatted as a letter from Norm A. Mauler, a white Alabama citizen, to Senator Sunraider. In his letter, Mauler calls for action against “Backwacking” – a physical, seemingly sexual action performed by black males. Mauler condemns…
And Love Them? is a short story written by the black American author, Thomas Glave. Published in 2000, Glave writes through the perspective of a white, New York City business woman, emphasizing her ambivalence towards her experiences with black people. Her monologue depicts an attempt to justify her bigotry through recollection of interactions with black…
And Love Them? is a short story written by Thomas Glave, a black author from the Bronx, and is told from the perspective of a presumably white woman working in New York City. Throughout her narrative, the unnamed narrator details her personal experiences with black people and airs her frustration with their seemingly angry disposition,…
“And Love Them?” is a short story published in 2000 by an African American author named Thomas Glave. This story is told from the perspective of a very ignorant white woman who’s self-centered nature makes it difficult for her to understand people different from her, specifically African American people. Glave gives examples of the narrator’s…
Backwacking, a Plea to the Senator was published in 1977 by Ralph Ellison but takes place in 1953 in Alabama. This piece is formatted as a letter to Senator Sunraider from a white resident of Alabama concerned about a new activity in the black community taking place called backwacking. Although somewhat unclear in the description,…
“And Love Them?”, a short story published in 2000 by Thomas Glave, details the inner monologue of a white woman concerning her experiences with black people throughout her life and within social situations. Glave, a black male author from the Bronx, New York, illustrates a continuous turmoil within the narrator’s perception of black people as…
“And Love Them?” is written by Thomas Glave, a Black author from The Bronx. This piece is written from the perspective of presumably a white woman. The story follows the thoughts and feelings of an unnamed white narrator. She vocalizes her frustrations with the black people she comes across, in her personal and professional life.…
White Rat is a short story written by Gayl Jones in 1977. The White Rat is told through a narrator who is known to many of his close friends as the “white rat”, and this is because of his very white skin color while being an African-America. The short story details the White Rat’s relationship…
The short story “White Rat,” written by Gayl Jones in 1977, details the complex relationship of a very fair skinned African-American man, who we know as “White Rat,” and his wife, Maggie. The couple has a son together, “little Henry,” and we know that he has a clubbed foot, which is the root of much…