Black Feminists Debate

Black Feminists Debate Whiteness Stephanie Philipovich & Angela Torchia Passage #1: "Here is the house. It is green and white. It has a red door. It is very pretty. Here is the family. Mother, Father, Dick, and Jane live in the green-and-white house. They are very happy. See Jane. She has a red dress. She wants to play."(Morris, pg. 7) Passage #2: here is teh hous it is green and white it has a red door it is …

…like horses. People were those who lived on my side of town. I didn't like them all, or, in fact any of them very much, but they were people. These others, the strange pale creatures that lived in their alien unlife, weren't considered folks. They were whitefolks" (Angelou, pg. 24-25) "If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat."