From what has happened in beloved and what is happening nowadays. Its safe to say that all Americans have come a long way especially blacks. Although blacks still experience struggle from other whites in the media, overall times have changed dramatically. What was discussed between my group and our passage to present in class was very interesting to all of us. We had to get together and really breakdown the characteristics of Baby Suggs in the passage assigned In Beloved Baby Suggs tells other slaves for the pain and suffering to no get to them and instead cherish what they end up already having because that is good enough. She explains the struggle is only bump in the road to freedom. She reminded them of what to use and what to think about while they struggled from highly strict whites. Its as if it was a coming together to listen to what Baby Suggs had to say which was a scene of positivity that they needed.
This relates to the struggles that most blacks have today and how getting together and forming any kind of community can really uplift any sort of movement. It is because of people in real life like Baby Suggs who can uplift a movement in American society. Most, if not all of them relate to the same subject. Stuff like this has been used in society to better connect the treated with the mistreated. Occurrences of this may be peaceful/angry protest down the streets of big cities, rallies, public events, fundraising and so on. It shares hope with those that can relate to one another and to build trust with society especially the media.
Yes, I agree. It's good to have a community that you can trust to help through difficult times. Not just for blacks, but everyone should have that kind of support from their community. If you share similar thoughts with your community, you can advocate as a group and come out stronger together.
ReplyDeleteYes I totally agree with you, Didi. My group was also assigned to this passage and we talked a lot about how important it was for the community to come together as one and realize that they have support. I think that the communal identity in this passage in Beloved helps them to find the glimmer of hope for a better life.
DeleteI think we oftentimes think of Beloved as a story that highlights the horrors of slavery. And while it does that, I think this passage and your post really highlight how much hope it contains. That's still applicable to today. I will never understand the struggles of colored Americans, but I can do my best to support. Freedom has always been expensive, and I think we've all seen that this year. How far have we actually come? Because there is still racism deeply ingrained in this country that we are unaware of because we live in a liberal state in an even more liberal community. For that, I am grateful. But I don't want to remain oblivious, and books like Beloved help expand all of our horizons.
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