The Start of Black arts
Hoyt Fuller "Toward a Black Aesthetic"
Purpose: To extol the power and development of the movement for civil rights and political power among blacks
Highlights
-intellectuals reject NAACP
-"Racism in reverse"
-unconscious while racism is everywhere
-talks about Lew Simpson's views on Gwendolyn Brooks
-If being a Negro the only subject, the writing to not important
-"Race neutrality rare as a necklace of Hope Diamonds"
-Hughes's poem can't be read in white schools
-Negro writing not favored by double standards
"if the black revolt is as palpable in letters as it is in the streets..." This shows that the intelligentsia is just as in tune with the struggle as the non-academics.
"What is now is the reaction to them" Fuller wants to light a fire in people.
Purpose: To extol the power and development of the movement for civil rights and political power among blacks
Highlights
-intellectuals reject NAACP
-"Racism in reverse"
-unconscious while racism is everywhere
-talks about Lew Simpson's views on Gwendolyn Brooks
-If being a Negro the only subject, the writing to not important
-"Race neutrality rare as a necklace of Hope Diamonds"
-Hughes's poem can't be read in white schools
-Negro writing not favored by double standards
"if the black revolt is as palpable in letters as it is in the streets..." This shows that the intelligentsia is just as in tune with the struggle as the non-academics.
"What is now is the reaction to them" Fuller wants to light a fire in people.