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| − | I liked how at the beginning of her essay, Brown described the | + | I liked how at the beginning of her essay, Brown described the African American community as having a mutual responsibility to look out for one another, and this idea extended past just blood relatives. Everyone in the black community considered themselves brothers and sisters, and they knew that in order to overcome the many challenges they faced during and after Reconstruction, they must do so as a united community and not as individuals. -Marilyn |
Before reading Brown's essay, I didn't realize that African American women were as involved in politics as they were. Brown talks about the "internal political arena" that black women participated in by attending public forums, parades, rallies, and conventions. Brown states that, "African American women and men understood the vote to be a collective possession, not an individual one, and furthermore that African American women...viewed African American men's vote as equally theirs." (135) Like others have already said, it surprises me that African American men considered their wives' opinions concerning politics and voting. -Marilyn | Before reading Brown's essay, I didn't realize that African American women were as involved in politics as they were. Brown talks about the "internal political arena" that black women participated in by attending public forums, parades, rallies, and conventions. Brown states that, "African American women and men understood the vote to be a collective possession, not an individual one, and furthermore that African American women...viewed African American men's vote as equally theirs." (135) Like others have already said, it surprises me that African American men considered their wives' opinions concerning politics and voting. -Marilyn | ||
