AFROAMER 271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bloody Kisses, Slave Narrative, Harriet Ann Jacobs

• School: UW-Madison
• Department: Afro-American Studies
• Course: AFROAMER 271
• Professor: Black Anthony

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Afro amer 271 - lecture 4 - black fine arts during colonial era (1/26/17) Looking back at slavery, we differentiate between slaves just as male and female without other aspects of identity given to them. Helped create future gospel, blues, arts and literature. Living under the nose of the oppressor. Analogy for black communities where white-dominant government runs things. Harriet jacobs is free from scrutiny of oppressor and watches family through the hole near her master"s plantation. Dubois : african americans are born with a veil. Veil: metaphor for the identity an observer assigns a person. A person projects an identity of who you are instead of the actual you. For example, a white male may look at our professor, anthony black, as a. African americans see themselves and the projection of the observer. There is a sort of power in being able to exploit a projection.