Sabrina Lee
PHIL 3623
09/22/2014
Assignment #2
Lawrence Ware
Cone 1 Reflection Paper
Integrationism and nationalism represent the two main reactions of black thought in response to the aftermath of segregation and slavery in America. Intergrationists say yes to the question can I be both an African and an American. These individuals believe that it is possible to achieve, “ justice in the United States and to create wholesome relations with the white community (Cone, 1991).” Integrationists hope in getting the justice they deserve and also want to have unity with the White Americans. Their hopefulness has been based upon the American creed, which is the tradition of freedom and democracy as articulated in the Constitution and Declaration …show more content…
They have went on to say after the many years of slavery, “followed by legal segregation, social downgrading, political disfranchisement and economic exploitation (Cone, 1991), means that blacks will never be recognized as human beings in white society. Black Nationalist believe American don’t want them in their country so we shouldn’t be here, meaning America isn’t for Blacks so blacks aren’t for Americans. The nationalist argue that blacks don’t belong with whites because the whites are killing blacks, generation after generation. Blacks should return back to Africa or separate from America and create their own social life that comes from their cultural background. All in all no black thinker has been a pure integrationist or pure nationalist, “but rather all black intellectuals have represented aspects of each, with emphasis moving in one direction or the other (Cone, 1991)”. This happens at different periods of the individual’s life. The emphasis any black thinker made was usually determined by their perspective on America, which is , whether he or she believed that blacks would soon be involved in American life with the White
PHIL 3623
09/22/2014
Assignment #2
Lawrence Ware
Cone 1 Reflection Paper
Integrationism and nationalism represent the two main reactions of black thought in response to the aftermath of segregation and slavery in America. Intergrationists say yes to the question can I be both an African and an American. These individuals believe that it is possible to achieve, “ justice in the United States and to create wholesome relations with the white community (Cone, 1991).” Integrationists hope in getting the justice they deserve and also want to have unity with the White Americans. Their hopefulness has been based upon the American creed, which is the tradition of freedom and democracy as articulated in the Constitution and Declaration …show more content…
They have went on to say after the many years of slavery, “followed by legal segregation, social downgrading, political disfranchisement and economic exploitation (Cone, 1991), means that blacks will never be recognized as human beings in white society. Black Nationalist believe American don’t want them in their country so we shouldn’t be here, meaning America isn’t for Blacks so blacks aren’t for Americans. The nationalist argue that blacks don’t belong with whites because the whites are killing blacks, generation after generation. Blacks should return back to Africa or separate from America and create their own social life that comes from their cultural background. All in all no black thinker has been a pure integrationist or pure nationalist, “but rather all black intellectuals have represented aspects of each, with emphasis moving in one direction or the other (Cone, 1991)”. This happens at different periods of the individual’s life. The emphasis any black thinker made was usually determined by their perspective on America, which is , whether he or she believed that blacks would soon be involved in American life with the White