My mind is a little out of it as I read this, so I may need to re-read over it after the first two attempts.
I believe I will respond to this article much like I previously did for another blog entry, a sort of stream of conciousness writing style as I read the article.
Why does she put "mule of the world" into quotations when talking about black women in the South? Did the poet, Jean, liken them as such? Was it just maybe a common phrase in the 1920's to refer to women, especially black women, as mules? Asses? Rude?
People set candy on fire? What? *Elizabeth, please re-read this section.
The way of Walker's writing is terrific, but I do wish my head could think like hers. The manner of how she is describing "mothers and grandmothers" reminds me slightly of the scenarios in "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neal Hurston.
Since when is spirituality the basis of art? As she continues to use the term "spirituality" in this article, I feel as though she is talking more about faith in religion. What other kind of spirituality is there, if not believing in a higher power or other forces at work around our natural world?
The poem that Walker "paraphrases" has a word that I cannot seem to find a definition for. "Lacari" I attempted to find a definition for this, but the closest thing I could find was that it is a name. Yet when spelled as "lachari", it is translated as a Hindi word meaning "helplessness". So the line in the poem would read "Close the gates/with helpless thorns". Hmmmmm.......
"...'savagery' of the Africa they 'rescued' her from..." lmao, sounds like it could be right out of "The White Man's Burden" written lovingly by Rudyard Kipling. What a guy.
Sapphire's Mama: Definition of a "Sapphire" is the trope of an overbearing and sassy black woman who has her man "whipped".
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