Black Feminists Debate Whiteness

Black Feminists Debate Whiteness

Stephanie Philipovich & Angela Torchia

Passage #1:

"Here is the house. It is green and white. It has a red door. It is very pretty. Here is the family. Mother, Father, Dick, and Jane live in the green-and-white house. They are very happy. See Jane. She has a red dress. She wants to play."(Morris, pg. 7)

Passage #2:

here is the

hous it is green and white it has a red door it is very prety hrere is the family mother father dick andjane live in the green and white hous they's are very happy see jane she gots a red dress she wants too play.

(Both passages based on the passages found in the opening of The Bluest Eye.)

Passage taken from I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

"After we left Mr. Willie Williams' Do Drop Inn, the last stop before whitefolksville, we had to cross the pond and adventure the railroad tracks. We were explorers walking without weapons into man-eating animals' territory.

In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like. Other than that they were different,