English 48b
February 8, 2008
Professor Lankford
Quote:
The power of the ballot we need in sheer self-defense,-else what shall save us from a second slavery? Freedom too, the long sought, we still seek,-the freedom of life and limb, the freedom to work and think, the freedom to love and aspire.
Summary:
This quote is found in “the Souls of Black Folk, ChIII” of Du Bois. He explains what the blacks need most in order to have better lives.
Response:
Du Bois explains that the blacks actually have to fight for many things in order to improve their lives, especially, the freedom. Comparing with Washington, Du Bois had a quite different view. Du Bois believed blacks should challenge and question whites in every aspect, but Washington thought that assimilating the "American" culture is the best way for Blacks to fit into the America and move up in American society. In this quote, Du Bois realized that Blacks were actually suffering in “a second slavery”. He advised that the best way for Blacks to gain back the respect from society was to give them the right to vote. Only having a vote in the selection could show that the black people were actually belonged to the America.
Moreover, he pointed our some important and useful instructions for Blacks to defense themselves in America. They had to fight for freedom in many aspects. For example, they had to get the freedom to love, think, aspire, and work. Lastly, I found out that the words of Du Bois were more aggressive and stronger than the words from Washington though both of them intended to help the Blacks. Du Bois was urging his people to fight for their freedom and right in a very strong attitude. He thought that teaching the black people was a calling. He really tried so hard to help the black people. Anyway, I think both of them did a marvelous job for their race.
2 comments:
0/20 I guess I need you to repost this journal too, Jimmy. Partly I'm concerned about accuracy. I'm not so sure, for example, that "most" homeless people in the Bay Area are African American. And the statement about "live bad...wear bad" is both grammatically incorrect and a bit off-key (especially in view of the global influence of hip-hop artists worldwide etc.).
But I'm once again more concerned that you stay more focused on Washington's words than on your own opinions. So try using the "key word" method. That means focusing on a key word or phrase in each sentence, working hard to understand and explain it.
20/20 Much better. However, note that in your paragraph 1, you incorrectly write "the freedom" and "the America." In paragraph 2 you use both nouns correctly. Think about the difference (countable/uncountable etc.) so you do not repeat these mistakes, since they give your English a heavy "Chinglish" accent.
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