Bring Me Home A Black Girl Summary

Since the beginning of time, love is often overshadowed with the burden of family. Often, marriages are agreed upon by both families rather than the two people being married to one another. It is a contract that allows both family to benefit from their own children to keep their money and their wealth intact. When who are truly in love elope, they are seen as a disgrace and chastised not only by society but as well as their families. Overtime, as civilization progressed, parents became more lenient in terms of marriage. Marrying within one’s race is truly emphasized in every parts of the world—not so much in the United States since it is progressing towards a more diversified nation. In Audrey Edwards’ “Bring Me Home a Black Girl,” her claim is that black men should only marry black women is justifiable because she is a firm believer of racial identity, she values beauty and ideals of black women, and marrying within one’s race is perpetuated in every culture throughout history. Edwards …show more content…
She is entitled to that. In addition, the discrimination shown by Edwards in her article is justifiable that black men should marry within their race. Due to the abundance of white representation in the media, “black women can never be fully prized--and this is the message we get every time a brother dates or marries a woman who is not Black” (Edwards). Furthermore, her idea is not uncommon as people might believe. Marriage is one of the ways different cultures maintain their unique identity. It is something that is taken seriously. Traditions are passed down from generations to generations in belief that families will carry out such practice. The idea of being in an interracial marriage is a fairly new. There will always be people criticizing and castigating of this concept. This is a natural reaction since interracial marriage goes against the flow of