During the 1890’s to 1899 many African Americans fought to get equal rights as others. In 1870, the 15th Amendment was signed and it gave African Americans the right to vote; However, they faced obstacles due to Grandfather clauses, literacy exams and poll taxes. This is when the The Brown Man’s Burden by Henry Labouchére and The White Man’s Burden by Rudyard Kipling were published in 1899, emphasizing the idea that Imperialism and racism were negative and positive impacts in society at that time. The Brown Man’s Burden gives a lot through its title, giving the idea that Imperialism was abusive to the dark skin people. The White Man’s Burden states that the white colonizers believed on the idea that they had to force the African Americans to
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Neverthless, it was also times where the govermnet found ways around to stop the Blacks from being able to vote. The poem talks about how cruel and abusive the White people were especially during these times of hatred and racism. Their lost of resources such as their culture made them even more furious and thirsty for equality. On line 37, stanza 5 it quotes “The screaming of your Eagle” this is Personification because Eagles can not scream because they are not human, this gives out a deeper meaning to equality since an eagle symbolizes Freedom. By giving it human qualities it makes the idea of Freedom more powerful since the human kind is the leader of all living organisms. By adding this he is mocking the American culture of crating these Amendents and laws to make everyone have these equal rights yet they isolated one group for beaing different. This is when the concept of screaming comes to pleace because when someone screams its for th reason that they are enraged or upset and that is how every African American felt during this time. This Figurative Laguage best supports the main idea of the poem that racism was evil and Imperialism too since the White popel took over the popel of colored and it affected their rights and restrcited proiorites veryone had such as
Neverthless, it was also times where the govermnet found ways around to stop the Blacks from being able to vote. The poem talks about how cruel and abusive the White people were especially during these times of hatred and racism. Their lost of resources such as their culture made them even more furious and thirsty for equality. On line 37, stanza 5 it quotes “The screaming of your Eagle” this is Personification because Eagles can not scream because they are not human, this gives out a deeper meaning to equality since an eagle symbolizes Freedom. By giving it human qualities it makes the idea of Freedom more powerful since the human kind is the leader of all living organisms. By adding this he is mocking the American culture of crating these Amendents and laws to make everyone have these equal rights yet they isolated one group for beaing different. This is when the concept of screaming comes to pleace because when someone screams its for th reason that they are enraged or upset and that is how every African American felt during this time. This Figurative Laguage best supports the main idea of the poem that racism was evil and Imperialism too since the White popel took over the popel of colored and it affected their rights and restrcited proiorites veryone had such as