THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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Question
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Zora Neale Hurston “What It Feels to Be Colored Me"Vocabulary:If you say that a man has a veneer of sympathy, you mean that his pity is
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shallow.
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undeserved.
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praiseworthy.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hurston describes a tendency for African-Americans to minimize or exoticize their racial identities to escape such discrimination or force others to treat them as individuals. The fact that claiming different ancestry is common and sometimes effective illustrates how vague and malleable racial identity can be.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hurston uses metaphors in “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” to communicate the reality of her sense of identity to readers. Hurston first uses metaphors to describe herself and her attitude towards the world outside of Eatonville, particularly whites.
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