Citizen An American Lyric Sparknotes

With Schutte’s background in journalism, social activism, and writing, she is able to bring out emotions within the reader. Schutte understands the past events relating to racism and is able to discuss the issues with the reader, with an informed background. The wording within the article demonstrates Schutte’s passion on the subject, and uses words such as defenseless, shock and horror to express her opinions on the racism that blacks fear and encounter daily. Schutte includes personal stories of victims of racial profiling and harm to establish pathos. Schutte discusses the discrimination that blacks face daily: being judged based on the color of their skin and not their intellectual ability or personality.

What was never presented was the point of view from the African Americans because it was seemingly dismissed. It was eye-opening to read about the experience from an African’s perspective because it brought a whole new light to my understanding of what it meant to be a slave and the struggles black Americans face here in the US, even

The audience had several reactions to some of the stories and parts of Citizen. When Rankine mentioned the “In Memory of” (134-135) it stood out because she read it and every time her voice fainted. Once she started saying, “Because white men can’t…,” she spoke loud and emphasized on the point. She did this throughout the reading and made sure

Between The World And Me is a contemporary essay written in the form a letter to his son, Samori, from the author Ta-Nehisi Coates. In this letter, Coates, goes to extreme lengths to share certain aspects of what it is like to grow up with a black body in America. Inspired heavily by James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, Coates interprets what it means to navigate the landscape of being black in America. Like Baldwin, he brings a harsh critique to light as he explores the meaning of black bodies that are subject to injustice.

We are living in a world where the erasure and dehumanization of people of color is slowly becoming a normative. Voices silenced, struggles trivialized, deaths becoming statistics, brutality only brought up for shock factor, achievements hidden and it is all slowly becoming accepted. Through various rhetorical strategies Claudia Rankine illustrates the experience of being part of the marginalized identity in the United States and depicts how subtly and multifaceted the methods of oppression take place in the daily life are and the negative repercussions it holds on the individual. The ambiguity of her writing with the lack of punctuation and clarification of what is thought and what is aloud allows the readers to input their own interpretation of these various scenarios.

Specifically, Starr's ethnocentric lens highlights the need for empathy and understanding in the fight for justice, while Kenosha's cultural relativist lens highlights the complexities of the Black Lives Matter movement. The novel demonstrates the importance of listening to and understanding different perspectives in the fight for

The beginning of her writing starts with explanations describing why Black families experience “immediate threats” (Funes 1). The author is using these words to convey how at-risk African Americans actually are. Using this appeal creates trust between the reader and the writer stressing a personal credibility. This strategy is working for this specific writing because this is a sympathetic topic analyzing multiple different issues and Funes is applying powerful words and phrases to use the reader's emotion to her advantage. The utilization of the words George Floyds vocalized as he was gasping for air “I can’t breathe” to connect the issues of pollution and police violence in the black community was an outstanding way of appealing to the reader's emotions comprehending the impact those 3 words had on the public.

He juxtaposes this reality against the idealized version of the country, often portrayed as a beacon of civilization and progress. By highlighting this truth, he calls the readers for a constant questioning and exploration of the stories told to them by schools or other people. In addition, the author addresses multiple issues in the memoir, including systemic racism, police brutality, the history of violence and oppression against black people in America. Throughout the novel, the author suggests different actions that should be taken. For example, on an individual level, he suggests that readers should actively seek to understand the realities of racism and challenge their own biases in order to work towards

The Book “between the world and me” published in 2015, was written by a black author named Ta- Nehisi Coates. Coates wrote this book as a memoir to his son which at the time was in his teenage years. In this memoir, Coates expresses to his son the feelings, life, dream, and ambition of being a young African-American male in America. Throughout the book, Coates brings up major arguments such as “what does it mean to be free, the American dream, being black in America, and that America operates under race”. I perceive that the major argument in this memoir is simple the fact that.

The comprehension of writing style and various poem technique plays a huge role in understanding the tone of this poem. As literary terms, Such as Allusion – “An indirect way to reference meaning,” Imagery – “Visual Description being used,” contrast – “This is a state of being something else” and repetition – “Repeating words to make a point.” As freshman readers familiarized themselves with these literary terms, It will be more a more in depth knowledge on how this author – uses literary devices to compose this poem without being too vague about Eric Garner death. THESIS:

Among the numerous books that celebrate the importance of being black and their heritage, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me remains paramount. As a poetic and exquisite piece of writing dedicated to his son, this story recounts Coates’s experience of living inside a black body in America. Countless moments within his life have built up to become an endless number of morals and lessons about the meaning of life. Utilizing ideas from other poets and from the influential people surrounding him, Coates is able to bring to life the true meaning of inhabiting a black body. His experience with writing blog posts for The Atlantic only propelled his career to reach this new height as a writer whose message is understood.

Throughout his essay, Staples is able to make the audience understand what he has to deal with as a black man. Staples does this by using words and phrases such as, “...her flight made me feel like an accomplice in tyranny” and “... I was indistinguishable from the muggers who occasionally seeped into the area…” (542). By writing and describing how he (Staples) feels, the audience is able to get an inside look into how black men are treated and better understand why society’s teachings, play a vital role in how we see each other. Staples’ powerful writing also allows the reader to take a step back and see how as a society, people make judgements on others based on appearance alone.

Coates conveys that the black body is equivalent to every other body by using a poem in order to embrace the black community, despite of society’s views. Coates reflects on society’s views of the black community and how they are mistreated. As Coates differentiates

Claudia Rankine a renown poet, uses her novel “Citizen: An American Lyric” to discuss issues of race and imagination. Claudia Rankine is an absolute master of poetry and uses her gripping accounts of racism, through poetry to share a deep message. Claudia Rankine uses poetry to correlate directly to accounts of racism making Citizen a profound experience to read. Not only is this poetic novel a vision of her world through her eyes, Rankine uses the experiences of Americans whose color has rendered them invisible to the many who are privileged enough to be blind and not note racism as a large issue in America. Claudia Rankine articulates the use of you and further emphasizes the larger meaning of the title Citizen and recognizing that word through societal issues.

Afro-American women writers present how racism permeates the innermost recesses of the mind and heart of the blacks and affects even the most intimate human relationships. While depicting the corrosive impact of racism from social as well as psychological perspectives, they highlight the human cost black people have to pay in terms of their personal relationships, particularly the one between mother and daughter. Women novelists’ treatment of motherhood brings out black mothers’ pressures and challenges for survival and also reveals their different strategies and mechanisms to deal with these challenges. Along with this, the challenges black mothers have to face in dealing with their adolescent daughters, who suffer due to racism and are heavily influenced by the dominant value system, are also underlined by these writers. They portray how a black mother teaches her daughter to negotiate the hostile, wider world, and prepares her to face the problems and challenges boldly and confidently.