... , sitting like a mummy beneath the ridiculous banner of her hat." Julian's hatred for his mother, fixation on his false "liberalism", and denied dependency on his mother, in fact, are blatant contradictions to what he prides himself on truly being- "free of prejudice and unafraid to face facts." Julian considers himself to own a free-thinking, egalitarian attitude regarding blacks, but in reality, he possesses ... his feet up next to Julian's mother. The tension rises when Julian's mother condescendingly attempts to hand the child a shiny penny. The climax occurs when the black mother, o...

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... their new identity as Americans. Some common themes did exist however, such as an interest in the roots of the African American experience in Africa and in the South, and a strong sense of racial pride and a desire for social and political equality. But the greatest charcteristic of the Harlem Renaissance was the diversity of its expression. In a letter that Aaron Douglas wrote to Langston ... black philosopher Alian Locke published his most talked about essay "The New Negro", in his essay he urged that "Art must discover and reveal the beauty which prejudice and caricature have overlaid...

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