Jobs were scarce, especially for black society, and difficulty was unwaveringly relentless for women of color. Many were forced into working any job they could find, which for a woman, was not uncommon to require compromise to morality. As McKay introduces us to his “Harlem Dancer”, we see not the glamour of a movie star, or Broadway sweetheart, but that of a strong yet beautifully vulnerable black woman in the midst of a cruel and unrelenting world. As this poem unfolds the object of our exploration, many sides of the same die emerge through wording and presentation
Jobs were scarce, especially for black society, and difficulty was unwaveringly relentless for women of color. Many were forced into working any job they could find, which for a woman, was not uncommon to require compromise to morality. As McKay introduces us to his “Harlem Dancer”, we see not the glamour of a movie star, or Broadway sweetheart, but that of a strong yet beautifully vulnerable black woman in the midst of a cruel and unrelenting world. As this poem unfolds the object of our exploration, many sides of the same die emerge through wording and presentation