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Thursday, 3 May 2018
quote [ In 1931, she sought to publish an important piece of American history. Instead that oral history languished in a vault. Until now. ]
How they brutalize the very souls
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1111 said @ 6:59pm GMT on 3rd May
That is a gross mischaracterization. It seems to me to be an intentional misrepresentation of what I wrote, but for the purposes of our conversation, I’ll assume it was inadvertent.
My post made no claim as to who was "responsible" for slavery.
My post, and this article, concerns itself why this story never saw the light of day.
“In 1931, Zora Neale Hurston sought to publish the story of Cudjo Lewis. It languished in a vault. Until now...”
The question is “why”?
This is not my question, it is the central concern in the artcle, in their words, not mine:
“Hurston tried to get Barracoon published in 1931, she couldn’t find a taker.”
And the answer isn’t mine either:
"There was concern among “black intellectuals and political leaders” that the book laid uncomfortably bare Africans’ involvement in the slave trade, according to novelist Alice Walker’s foreword to the book".
Your beef appears to be with Alice Walker.
Do you think Alice Walker thinks "african tribes are the ones responsible for slavery"?
I doubt you do - but if you have a beef with this opinion, it's a beef with her, not me.
I suspect Ms. Walker may be right about what sensibilities blocked this story from seeing the light of day.
She certainly knows more about this subject than I do.
1111 said @ 7:07pm GMT on 3rd May
That is a gross mischaracterization. It seems to me to be an intentional misrepresentation of what I wrote, but for the purposes of our conversation, I’ll assume it was inadvertent.
My post made no claim as to who was "responsible" for slavery.
My post, and this article, concerns itself why this story never saw the light of day.
“In 1931, Zora Neale Hurston sought to publish the story of Cudjo Lewis. It languished in a vault. Until now...”
The question is “why”?
This is not my question, it is the central concern in the artcle, in their words, not mine:
“Hurston tried to get Barracoon published in 1931, she couldn’t find a taker.”
And the answer isn’t mine either:
"There was concern among “black intellectuals and political leaders” that the book laid uncomfortably bare Africans’ involvement in the slave trade, according to novelist Alice Walker’s foreword to the book".
Your beef appears to be with Alice Walker.
Do you think Alice Walker thinks "african tribes are the ones responsible for slavery"?
I doubt you do.
I suspect Ms. Walker may be right about what sensibilities blocked this story from seeing the light of day.
She certainly knows more about this subject than I do.
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1111 said @ 6:59pm GMT on 3rd May [Score:-5]
That is a gross mischaracterization. It seems to me to be an intentional misrepresentation of what I wrote, but for the purposes of our conversation, I’ll assume it was inadvertent.
My post made no claim as to who was "responsible" for slavery.
My post, and this article, concerns itself why this story never saw the light of day.
“In 1931, Zora Neale Hurston sought to publish the story of Cudjo Lewis. It languished in a vault. Until now...”
The question is “why”?
This is not my question, it is the central concern in the artcle, in their words, not mine:
“Hurston tried to get Barracoon published in 1931, she couldn’t find a taker.”
And the answer isn’t mine either:
"There was concern among “black intellectuals and political leaders” that the book laid uncomfortably bare Africans’ involvement in the slave trade, according to novelist Alice Walker’s foreword to the book".
Your beef appears to be with Alice Walker.
Do you think Alice Walker thinks "african tribes are the ones responsible for slavery"?
I doubt you do.
I suspect Ms. Walker may be right about what sensibilities blocked this story from seeing the light of day.
She certainly knows more about this subject than I do.
