[Comparison between “Country Lovers” and “What it's like to be a Black Girl”]

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Comparison between “Country Lovers” and “What it's like to be a Black Girl”

Introduction

The issues concerning race and ethnicity have dominated the academic discourse of numerous disciplines which includes the fields of socio political arena, and the multi-cultural education. This discrimination is a response to the changing demographics which has resulted in increased racial and ethnic diversity inside the world. The concepts of race and ethnicity have always been important and this is the reason why there is an extensive amount of literature present on these topics. With respect to the sociology, race and ethnicity have differences in their definitions. Race is defined as the social group which is distinct from other groups of the society on the basis of biological and other cultural characteristics. These characteristics show the unfair treatment by the powerful groups of the society. Race, and ethnicity plays an immensely important role in the everyday interactions of the human beings, this is the main reason behind the fact why sociologists have showed an immense amount of dedication to study why, how and what are the outcomes of these interactions. However, no only the sociologists have shown interest in studying the concept of race and ethnicity, but many different literary writers have shown interest and have explored these concepts with the help of their marvellous writing skills. An expansion of this is the black women and problems faced by them in the name of race and ethnicity. In this paper we are going to briefly compare the literary works of Nadine Gordime, “Country Lovers”, Patricai Smith's, “What it's like to be a Black Girl”. The comparison of African American literary works “Country Lovers”, and “What it's like to be a black girl” dates back to the late eighteenth century. The writings of both the poets strictly tend to focus on the issues concerning racism, ethnicity, prejudice; slavery, inner struggles, and the pursuit of achieve freedom and equality in the society. Both Nadine Gordimer and Patricia Smith are regarded as two of the most renowned contributors to this field of literature.

Discussion

Both the African American Literary works “What it's like to be a Black Girl”, and “Country Lovers”, defines the concept of race and ethnicity in a possible potential ways. Along, with that the actions of certain ethical dilemmas and racial backgrounds are presented, and these concepts are distinguished by the representation of a black female, this is them ain dynamic character which is seeded specifically in both the literary works. The female static characters in both the literary works deals with some suppressed amount of discrimination from the society, due to their race, both the literary works revolve around the dilemmas of being a black female in a society filled with racists. Both the African and American literary works openly addresses the issues concerning race, and then informs readers so that they think and analyze the core thought of the literature (Seaman, ...