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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