Introduction: The Harlem Reinassance was a time of unprecedented overflow of African American arts. The urban centers were densely populated with African Americans who were enraged for being mistreated.
Cullen’s background and means of writing differs in the rest of the other poets because he has a mixed background of both white and African American culture and education. This ultimately inspired his whole means of writing. The foundation he wrote upon was a powerful one inspired by hope of unity. He tried to create peace between both races through his poetry. He believed art transcends race and the “oneness of art”. He believed that other writers during this time were “showcasing unpleasant realities that would but strengthen the bitterness of our enemies,”.
Question: Do you agree with his approach or do you believe it is passive and ineffective? What makes you feel that way?
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I believe that Cullen set a different point of view when it came writing styles. I believe his new perspective on bring races together with art was a great idea and this still goes on today. He seemed to want his writings to be close to white writings so that whites and blacks could be brought together and not farther apart. I believe that he was somewhat passive because he was almost allowing the white culture to take over. I believe black writing styles are still important to show and then he could have focused how the jazz music was able to bring two different cultures together.
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Cullen’s poetry explored one approach to the African American literary dilemma of whether to write of ethnic or social issues in a separate, distinct African American style, or to write of more universal subjects in a style derived from the traditions of English literature. I do agree with Cullens approach of oneness. He has a strong sense of making equality and unity. I believe his approach is passive, he wants to get his point across and at the same time get the reader to understand and read
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I agree with Cullens approach and I agree that it is passive but I don’t believe it is ineffective. Many people agreed that when it came to the segregation subject they should be passive and try to talk it out and be peaceful about it. It remind me of Martin Luther King JR. vs Malcolm X. Martin Luther King JR. believed that being passive and talking it out would be the way for civil rights and Malcom X thought that nothing was going to be achieved if they just sat back and were peaceful, he wanted to be aggressive to get civil rights. I personally agree with being peaceful and trying to talk about the subject peacefully and discussing the different sides to create peace. Therefore I agree with Cullens writing style more than the more aggressive writers. That isn’t to say that the others weren’t valid in their writing. They are extremely valid by telling their story through their writing whether they use anger or sadness at their base. Art is a great way to portray your feelings and to tell others how you are feeling. That is exactly what all these artist/writers did. They told their side of the story the way that they thought was best to get their point across.
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I believe that the approach was fair, he saw both sides of it through his studies and I believe that his studies allowed him to understand peoples point of view. While I do believe that he could have easily weighed his opinions towards one side, he was fair as a writer in his words and gave everyone a chance to tell their story.
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