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Jul 18, 2015Al6Hameed rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Zora Neale Hurston was an impressive Black woman. She reminds me of the typical Black woman... intelligent, bold, brash and fearless. She has an understanding of the Black man's plight. She knew that he was stripped of his African identity and given an identity foreign to him lacking meaning and direction. She knew that the new identity held him back along with the help of his oppressors. Fortunately, she was not poisoned by the subtly implanted degrading words of the oppressors. The scholarly Black folks of her time may have not understood her perspective and possibly thought that she was misguided. She was not. She was a real woman. "Stop complaining and blaming others for your misfortune and become creative and self-sufficient yourself"... sounds like Zora's, the typical Black woman's, disposition. Many didn't examine her perspective. She dealt with a person's character, not their color. This is where she leaves many in the dust, both Black and White. In my opinion, this book will be understood by people uninhibited like Zora.