1a. The Black Lives Matter movement has taken America and the world by storm by highlights the racial injustices in America. However, I recently read a criticism that Black Lives Matter movement only considers the lives of Black Americans. At first, I thought this was ridiculous. I posted the article to a group chat with some of my closest friends to see what they thought about it, and most of them ignored it. At that point, I thought there might be some validity to the author’s criticism. However, since America is geographically isolated, it is easy for African Americans to stay ignorant to global issues, especially when the media does not focus on global issues affecting Blacks. The cultural essay would explore if and how the
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This is a book about Africa and the African diasporic experience in the USA and England, a backdrop for the love story between Ifemelu and Obinze, teenagers attending a Nigerian university who have to leave the country because of the university strikes in Nigeria. I admired the versatility, worldliness, and realism of Americanah. Since reading the book, I try to focus on the human experience and realism, both the good and the bad, including love, alienation, intimacy, self-hate, bias, and low self esteem in both my fiction writing and non-fiction …show more content…
Her essays hinge on the ellipses of what makes us human: our vulnerabilities, our inconsistencies, and our flaws. Like each of us, she is “a mess of contradictions;” hence, her admission, her claim, to being a “bad feminist.” It 's equal parts commentary, memoir, and critical analysis. It 's pretty phenomenal. Roxanne Gay was extremely honest in her writing and that is what I admired most about her. It made me take time to think about my “mess of contradictions.” I took time to assess my flaws, bias, and hypocritical beliefs. I learned to not to be afraid to be open and honest in my
This is a book about Africa and the African diasporic experience in the USA and England, a backdrop for the love story between Ifemelu and Obinze, teenagers attending a Nigerian university who have to leave the country because of the university strikes in Nigeria. I admired the versatility, worldliness, and realism of Americanah. Since reading the book, I try to focus on the human experience and realism, both the good and the bad, including love, alienation, intimacy, self-hate, bias, and low self esteem in both my fiction writing and non-fiction …show more content…
Her essays hinge on the ellipses of what makes us human: our vulnerabilities, our inconsistencies, and our flaws. Like each of us, she is “a mess of contradictions;” hence, her admission, her claim, to being a “bad feminist.” It 's equal parts commentary, memoir, and critical analysis. It 's pretty phenomenal. Roxanne Gay was extremely honest in her writing and that is what I admired most about her. It made me take time to think about my “mess of contradictions.” I took time to assess my flaws, bias, and hypocritical beliefs. I learned to not to be afraid to be open and honest in my