Post-Colonialism In Sherman Alexe's Poem

Society today has affected many people lives across the world with post colonialism in place. It has an impact on people who don’t speak English properly that struggle to find sanctuary on where they live. In the poem, Still I Rise, by Maya Angelou and also Autopsy by Sherman Alexie have similarities on how postcolonialism is applied to on to both of these poems and how it implies to our society today. Also, these poems talks about how the authors overcame their struggles no matter what was thrown at them. In poem Still I Rise by Maya Angelou is about her not letting anybody get in her way of she believes in. The tone of the essay sounds like she is proud of being African-American regardless of the fact it was probably during segregation when many white people like the KKK was still abusing the African-American community. When she says “You may shoot me with …show more content…
In Maya’s poem slavery was from colonization and overtime many African-Americans struggled throughout the years, facing discrimination and being abused by the the public. Maya’s poem is expressing herself about how African-American community should stay strong during difficult times. As for Sherman’s poem society believes that hispanics should be allowed to be in this country to begin with. Despite the fact that Mexico owned this land first before the Americans did, up until the Mexican-American War. During colonization many Europeans and Hispanics were able to come the country with a passport and have no problem working and living their lives. As time went by many needed a green card, passport, and many other steps become a citizen. In the poem Sherman describing the passport as a tool necessary to cross to the United States and when he mentions his passport dying, it means that passports will eventually not work to cross the United States. The tone for both these poems are a bit different, but regardless it still holds