Welcome to the class blog for E344L: The American South in Literature, Film and Other Media. Here, we will post our responses to the readings for the day. Each student has to post at least six times in the course of the semester, and will have signed up for posting dates early on. See the Post Instructions page for specific posting guidelines.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
James and Ayesha - Quote from Pg 38
In the introduction one of the essayists makes comment on how in the present day blacks have stretched as far as positions of power in American society, but, in Wright's commentary, he repeatedly remarks that blacks, despite the better positions they were able to hold such as the one pictured here, still lacked any real power or position in society. Ayesha found a quote which encompasses this idea: "The economic and political power of the South is not held in our hands; we do not own banks, iron and steel mills, railroads, office buildings, ships, wharves, or power plants" (38).
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