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A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares Richard Wright's Black Boy with First Degree The D.E.'s rap song "Tell." Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Song and Novel on Racism Research Compiled for
, Enterprises Inc. By - properly! The lyrics to the rap song "Tell" by
First Degree The D.E., who is also known by birth name, Michael Cohen, offer a contemporary indictment against racism. Likewise, Richard Wrights autobiography Black Boy describes the rampant racism against
African Americans that characterized Wrights childhood in the early twentieth century. Examination of this rap song indicates that it conveys the same basic message as Wrights classic autobiography, as both
works are testimonies calling for the rejection of racism and discriminatory practices. "Tell" begins by urging listeners to declare themselves against discrimination and dare to recognize and label racist
attitudes and behaviors for what they are, which is something that should be despised. Similarly, Wrights narrative describes in explicit detail the American cultural norm of the early twentieth century,
which emphasized that blacks should accept their status as second-class citizens. This status systematically deprived African Americans of their civil rights and conveyed the white cultural assumption that blacks
were inferior to them. This was an evaluation that Wright never accepted, which caused his parents consternation, as not to accept the socially defined role of white South was
to invite violent retribution that could endanger the remained of the family. He states: "I had never felt my place; or, rather, my deepest instincts had always made me reject
the place to which the white South had assigned me" and he goes on to add, "It never occurred to me that I was in any way an inferior being"
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