I found the Mckay poems from this week interesting because I feel like in his work he talks about both the past and looks towards the future. He repeatedly talks about Jamaca and it's beauty but also expresses his respect for the US. He is very skilled at unobtrusively pointing out flaws in the US.
I liked how in poems like Exhortation: Summer of 1919 he calls for action from the African American community but is not attacked the majority of the population. I think that he realizes that change has to begin within the attitude of the black community itself and then spread.
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I agree with your statement at the end of your bolg about how change must occur first in the African American community before change can actually occur in other communities.
I agree with your post. The mentality of both the black and the whites has to change to overcome discrimination.
I agree with your post. I enjoyed the poems where he was talking about Jamaica because it showed his pride for where he has grown up. The poems about him missing Jamaica can be related to anyone missing home or where they are from. I think it's good connections.
Your comment about talking about the past and looking toward the future was very interesting. I agree with you. He is kind of reminiscing about how things used to be but at the same time realizing that things can't stay like that forever - he is realizing that things are changing and in a way kind of trying to figure out what that change means for the black community.
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