Black or White? An Examination of 'Passing' with reference to: "Autobiography of an Ex-colored man" by James Weldon Johnson.
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"The reasonable man adapts to the world around him.
The unreasonable man expects the world to adapt to him.
Therefore, all progress is made by unreasonable men."
-George Bernard Shaw
"I think we Negro Americans have just as many beautiful
People in mind and boy, as well as skin, as any other group-
And that we have just as many stinkers as any other group."
-Thurgood Marshall
The book "Autobiography of an Ex-Colored" Man by …
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…any good to hang on to resentment of past wrongs. In fact, this is also a racist point of view and can hurt America big-time. We are not going to change the history that produced us. We can enjoy our life, and create a better future for our children. Be true to yourself, but toss out the racial filter. Works cited: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, Johnson, James Weldon, Boston: Sherman, French, and Company, 1912.
…any good to hang on to resentment of past wrongs. In fact, this is also a racist point of view and can hurt America big-time. We are not going to change the history that produced us. We can enjoy our life, and create a better future for our children. Be true to yourself, but toss out the racial filter. Works cited: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, Johnson, James Weldon, Boston: Sherman, French, and Company, 1912.
