In the essay “Enter The New Negro” by Alain Locke it takes place in a different time era; to specify that the new era of time was the “new negro” and the era that passed was the “old negro”. Locke explains how the New Negro came to be and also they started to fit in more with the present society in America. Locke talks about how the New Negro didn't become what they were overnight, but took a great amount of time in becoming what it currently is now for a large period of time. This was the time of the Harlem Renaissance, Locke described African Americans as reshaping themselves into something new. Locke explains how African Americans emerged from the south to the north and were given a new chance at life. It was the rebirth for African Americans
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In Locke’s explanation of the “old negro” he explained them as a confused individual that was the center of debate in the country. “His has perpetuated as an historical fiction partly in innocent sentimentalism, partly in deliberate reactionism.” This stood out the most because the “old” Negro was treated as an object rather than a human, with that being said they constantly depended on the white population, which easily exposed them to be taken in control of the white society. Leaving the south for the “old negro” was a beginning of a time that African Americans didn’t have to worry about the public and the white man always having an watchful eye on them in order to keep them from doing anything that would lead them to rise in society. The “new negro” generation was substantially stronger compared to the “old negro”, the new negro were always looking for ways to make their hidden talents known. They became well-known of their own identity and race, and acknowledged their skin color. Locke goes on to say “The Negro today is inevitably moving forward under the control largely of his own objectives.” The new negro created opportunities to rise in society and made their dreams become reality, this made people who weren’t colored aware what African Americans were capable of doing and becoming. Locke describes how the movement to the north brought all African Americans together. They all became familiar
In Locke’s explanation of the “old negro” he explained them as a confused individual that was the center of debate in the country. “His has perpetuated as an historical fiction partly in innocent sentimentalism, partly in deliberate reactionism.” This stood out the most because the “old” Negro was treated as an object rather than a human, with that being said they constantly depended on the white population, which easily exposed them to be taken in control of the white society. Leaving the south for the “old negro” was a beginning of a time that African Americans didn’t have to worry about the public and the white man always having an watchful eye on them in order to keep them from doing anything that would lead them to rise in society. The “new negro” generation was substantially stronger compared to the “old negro”, the new negro were always looking for ways to make their hidden talents known. They became well-known of their own identity and race, and acknowledged their skin color. Locke goes on to say “The Negro today is inevitably moving forward under the control largely of his own objectives.” The new negro created opportunities to rise in society and made their dreams become reality, this made people who weren’t colored aware what African Americans were capable of doing and becoming. Locke describes how the movement to the north brought all African Americans together. They all became familiar