Paul Laurence Dunbar We Wear The Mask Summary

Paul Laurence Dunbar a 19th century literary laureate conceived by former slaves during the era of Reconstruction, is still to this present day a pioneering voice for persons of African descent in a literary form that could be heard in his profound and meticulous writings. Dunbar was an activist whose incontrovertible ideologies of egalitarianism was conveyed in his modest yet colorful rhetoric. In many instances, he spoke of the racial prejudices that entailed the United States of America post-Civil War, and during others he was solely writing literature that paid homage to his Negro heritage or writing to uplift humankind from the oppressions of reality. Dunbar developed into a man during a time where black men had begun to procure imperative civil rights that “guaranteed freedmen all of the benefits of federal citizenship, outlawed slavery, along with other forms of involuntary servitude, and ensured that ‘ALL’ men regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude were …show more content…
This text reminded me of how difficult my journey has been, and how blessed I am to be a positive exemplary model for my peers and kids of earlier ages. There comes a time in everyone’s life, when they feel that the entire universe has inversely flipped the courses of their lives almost instantaneously. But in the midst of these tempests we must still work, study, or complete whatsoever daily obligations we are assigned to fulfill, and it is momentous that your demeanor and disposition does not mirror the storm you are experiencing inside. If it does, you are at a high risk for not completing the assignment allotted unto you whether it’s at work or at school. I have to wear a mask of joy and jubilation, when in all actuality I have a heart-rending story that can be adopted into a that will jerk tears, encourage smiles, arouse astonishment,