English African American Literature, Response Paper 1

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Prompt:

The problem of racial identity in America is one of the major themes we’ve discussed during class thus far. This problem manifests itself in African American literature as what we’ve come to call the Black subjectivity debate. The debatability of Black subjectivity in America stems from race’s instability as a social construct. For this paper, briefly discuss your understanding of what makes race problematic as a social construct and then demonstrate your understanding by comparing how two of the pieces we’ve read thus far differ in their interpretations of Blackness… despite both being written by Black writers. Use direct quotes and examples from the primary texts found in the Norton Anthology in making your points.

• Double-spaced
• Parenthetical citations throughout paper when quoting sources
• Works cited page
• Page number
• 5 pages in length (This means at least 5 full pages of text, not 4.5 or 4.75)

Course Texts (available at Stepan bookstore): Gates, Henry Louis. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature; Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon; Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes were Watching God.