Select another critical essay and provide the core elements of the argument presented by the author. 250 words.
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Trey C.
12/16/2013 01:20:05 am
Andrade, Heather Russell. “Revising critical judgments of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man.” African American Review. Summer 2006. BNET.
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Anonymous
12/17/2013 02:01:47 am
Trey these are very good arguments. You have great concepts of what you are reading. To better help you arguments you should consider more insertion of quotes. Overall you show great understanding but more quotes the stronger your argument will be. Quotes are key for annontations
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stephen
12/16/2013 08:47:22 am
Armistead begins his article by referencing Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s theory of race being man-made instead of created by nature. According to Gates Jr., “race is not itself a natural entity, rather a synthetic construct used to degrade certain peoples.” This “synthetic construct” has been created by society, or rather by those with power, to categorize mankind based on skin color in order to preserve power. Armistead himself makes it clear that he is in favor of completely for-going the concept of race, but digresses that the notion of a race-free society is impossible because “it’s excessively utopian core fails to take into account the great inability of society’s members to overcome its long-held values and beliefs.” He concludes that “Undeniably, humanity sees through a shaded lens, and, though the race schism may be of artificial rather than biological origins, it very much has and still shapes the world we live in.”
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Anonymous
12/17/2013 02:04:49 am
Stephen very good analysis of the ideas that are being argued. You understanding of the argument is very effective and you reference to the piece you analyzed helps the understanding a lot. Very good annotation. Another excellent point that you brought to attention was the authors background and standing very effective at showing that you understood the piece. Excellent work
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rachelp
12/17/2013 03:40:03 am
Armistead, Greg. “The Consequences of the Faded Color Line in The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man.” Gradesaver. December 17,2013.
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Gabrielle L
12/17/2013 04:41:12 am
Armistead, Greg. “The Consequences of the Faded Color Line in The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man.” Gradesaver. October 22, 2006. Web. 17 December 2013.
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Sarah P.
12/17/2013 04:30:14 pm
Brooks, Neil. “On becoming an ex-man: Postmodern irony and the extinguishing certainties in the Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man.” College Literature. October 1995. BNET.
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Angelique K.
12/19/2013 01:31:38 am
Andrade, Heather Russell. “Revising critical judgments of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man.” African American Review. Summer 2006. BNET.
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Julia B.
12/19/2013 01:46:02 am
Brooks, Neil. “On becoming an ex-man: Postmodern irony and the extinguishing certainties in the Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man.” College Literature. October 1995. BNET.
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Cj W
12/19/2013 02:55:23 am
Barnhart, Bruce. "Chronopolitics and Race, rag-Time and Symphonic Time. Gradesaver. Web. December 19, 2013.
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Angela B.
12/19/2013 09:21:25 am
Sheehy, John. “The Mirror and the Veil: The Passing Novel and the Quest for American Racial Identity.” African American Review. Fall, 1999. BNET. 10 December 2009.
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Daniel C.
12/19/2013 09:19:27 pm
Brooks, Neil. “On becoming an ex-man: Postmodern irony and the extinguishing certainties in the Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man.” College Literature. October 1995. BNET.
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Beau
1/8/2014 10:07:06 pm
Judging by Neil Brooks’ analysis of “The Autobiography of an E-Colored man”, his main argument is the “colored passing”, of negroes as whites. He starts off by saying that the first person narrator in Ex-Colored Man didn't really know where he fit in; "the narrative disallows all constructions that seek to map a stable center of self or other that the narrator might use as a guide in self-definition" meaning that the narrator is in a way colorblind, always roaming around without a clear definition on who he is. Brooks then says that that the author of Ex-Colored Man, James Weldon Johnson, had to publish his book "because the text was too subversive to be presented even as fiction". Brooks thinks that the author did so because "the relative lack of serious discussion about passing results not simply from the attitudes of those racists who believe in a clear and sharp distinction between black and white, but also from some black writers of the time who viewed those who ‘passed’ as ‘sell-outs’ to the race". Brooks finally explains how one “passes” on to a race saying, “Passing" does not simply refer to a person "impersonating" another racial group, but rather the physical appearance of a psychological quest to understand oneself in a society where to be black was often to have a double self. Being able to “pass” is almost as if it were an art form, it is not so easy to hide one-self.
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