“The One Black Girl at the Racist Sleepover” by Stacey Lynn Brown describes an innocent child unaware of a harsh world in racist America. Brown does an extraordinary job of affecting the young black girl’s life by linking each character in “The One Black Girl at the Racist Sleepover” together for a common purpose. The daddy, black man, and the mother all serve the common purpose of educating the young black girl about her ethnic background. However, the mother directly educates the young black girl about the words that her racist peers may someday hurl at her. The mother understands the harsh reality of racism and the mother’s goal is to educate her daughter about racism in order to prevent the daughter from experiencing heartache. Brown does an excellent job of depicting the “darkness” of white supremacy,
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“When the girl child at school told you she’d been kidnapped as a baby by black man and that her daddy had to chase down and kill that black man to rescue her and bring her back home.” The black man that Brown refers to symbolizes black history. The black man kidnaps the girl child in order to educate her about black history only to be captured and murdered by the daddy. Upon first glance the reader will only view the daddy as the biological father; however, Brown provides the reader with a second meaning for the word “daddy.” The daddy represents the biological father as well as white supremacy. The daddy murders the black man because the daddy does not want the young girl to become knowledgeable about black history. The daddy does not want the girl child to associate with blacks so in turn the daddy kills the black man. In the next sentence, Brown provides the reader with an oxymoron. The young black girl was not in any danger with the black man. However, Brown chooses to use the word rescue when mentioning the daddy killing the black
“When the girl child at school told you she’d been kidnapped as a baby by black man and that her daddy had to chase down and kill that black man to rescue her and bring her back home.” The black man that Brown refers to symbolizes black history. The black man kidnaps the girl child in order to educate her about black history only to be captured and murdered by the daddy. Upon first glance the reader will only view the daddy as the biological father; however, Brown provides the reader with a second meaning for the word “daddy.” The daddy represents the biological father as well as white supremacy. The daddy murders the black man because the daddy does not want the young girl to become knowledgeable about black history. The daddy does not want the girl child to associate with blacks so in turn the daddy kills the black man. In the next sentence, Brown provides the reader with an oxymoron. The young black girl was not in any danger with the black man. However, Brown chooses to use the word rescue when mentioning the daddy killing the black