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    Toni Morrison discusses the presence of Africanism in our everyday lives. She draws examples from famed white writers, and through the story tellings of those like Edgar allen poe, Ernest Hemingway, mark twain, and so on. Africanism has a large meaning but overall my interpretation is that it is the way the presence and persona of nonwhites has been constructed, viewed and assimilated throughout history.

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    Toni Morrison discusses the presence of Africanism in our everyday lives. She draws examples from famed white writers, and through the story tellings of those like Edgar allen poe, Ernest Hemingway, mark twain, and so on. Africanism has a large meaning but overall my interpretation is that it is the way the presence and persona of nonwhites has been constructed, viewed and assimilated throughout history.

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    BrionaHill

    ProfessorMarieLo
    FRINQ:R&SJ
    12November2015

    PlayingintheDark
    Response

    InToniMorrisons
    PlayingintheDark
    ,shediscussesthepresenceofAfricanism
    andraceandethnicityinoureverydaylives,especiallyinliteraryworks.Shedraws
    examplesfromfamedwhitewriters,andthroughthestorytellingsofthoselikeEdgar
    AllenPoe,ErnestHemingway,MarkTwain,andsoon.Inthebeginningofthetextshe
    defineswhathermaintopicofdiscussionisandthatistheword
    Africanism
    .
    Africanism
    ismainlyherfirstrealissueandshegoesaboutbydefining,understanding,andrelating
    examplestoexplainherpointofhowandwhyAfricanismexistssolargelyinour
    everydayAmericanculture.
    Africanism
    hasalargemeaningbutoverallmy
    interpretationisthatitisthewaythepresenceandpersonaofnonwhiteshasbeen
    constructed,viewedandassimilatedthroughouthistory,herfocusbeingthroughliterary
    works(6).Thefirstissuethatshebringsupisthefactthatmanyliterarynovels,herein
    theUnitedStatesandinmanyothercountries,theEuropeanandEuropeanized,write
    aboutracismasanaturalphenomenon.Shehasanotherissuewithmanyliterary
    criticswhohaveneverreadaliteraryworkbyanAfricanAmericanandyettheyreread
    theclassicsagain,andmanyoftheclassicsandliteraryworksthattheyaffameare

    theworksthatmisogynizesblackwomenandcastplaysblackmen.Laterinthetextshe
    pointsoutthatmanyauthorsdonotinflictthemisappropriatedviewsofblacks
    purposely,rathertheywritethroughalensethattheymaynotfullyunderstandandthe
    writingthattheydoisbecauseofthelackofknowledgeandunderstandingofwhat
    reallyoccurswithintheblackculture.Africanism,especiallyinAmericanliteraturehas
    beenusedtoobjectifyandstereotypethoseofnonwhitedescent.Throughher
    inspectionofMarkTwainandHenryDunbarshelooksattheirwritingsfortheAfricanist
    presenceoftheircharacters.
    Morrisontalksaboutthemetaphorofraceinliteratureandhowblacksareoften
    thecenterofsubgroupedthemes.Inherconclusionshestatesthatoftenblacksare
    reflectedthroughevilorgoodthemes,andwhitenessisportrayedthroughthedullness
    andmuteness.

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