Harlem, a neighborhood of New York City and Compton, California are two areas in the United States that have fallen victim to racial discrimination and marginalization. During the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, well-educated African-American people began producing literature that explained the horrors of racism. Rap musicians in the mid-1980s began producing aggressive music against white people for their unfair treatment of black people in the area. Although the Harlem Renaissance occurred about 60 years before the rise of "gangster rap" of Compton; both areas produced art that has been heavily censored. The racial discrimination of these predominately black areas produced art that speak negatively of white people and the terrible way they treated the black citizens. Areas that produce high volumes of censored art prove the negative effect of marginalization as described by David Sibley in Geographies of Exclusion; the art is censored to hide the acts of racial discrimination of black people.
Throughout history, marginalization has taken place usually by the white population of the country. In Geographies of Exclusion by David Sibley, this idea is described with the intention of a dominant group of people trying to obtain more power. "Power is expressed in the monopolization of space and the relegation of weaker groups in society to less desirable environments" (ix). An example of this idea would be areas similar to Compton, Harlem, and the Black Belt of Chicago which was the neighborhood of Bigger Thomas from Richard Wright's Native Son. Bigger is forced to live in a small one-room apartment with his brother, his sister, and his mother. Every family in his neighborhood is black and all feel the same constant stress from living in such small rooms for an unfair price. "He was sick of life at home. Day in and day out there was nothing nut shouts and bickering.
The class differences in NYC were on the basis of clothes and housing. ... In 1760, the number of houses in NYC was about 2,600. By 1771, about 22,000 people resided in NYC. There have been a number of changes in NYC during the 1700s. ... Another change was in sanitation with the building of sewers which led to the NYC in 1769, which was much more sanitary. ...
Pop's would narrate many historical events that took place in Harlem, which brought us to the turning points of Harlem. ... Harlem also became an important cultural center. ... Certainly Harlem was a culture center for Blacks, but it was also during this period in the 1920's that Harlem emerged as a slum. ... Harlem became a fad for middle class, whit, New York. ... White People came to Harlem in droves. ...
The Harlem Renaissance has long been considered by many to be the high point in African American writing. ... Claude McKay , an immigrant from Jamaica, produced an impressive volume of verse, Harlem Shadows (1922), and a best-selling novel, Home to Harlem (1928), about a young Negro's return from World War I. ... In 1929 Wallace Thurman and William Jourden Rapp collaborated on a popular play, "Harlem". ... Other theater groups of the time included the Harlem Experimental Players, the Krigwa Players, the Negro Art Theater, the Utopia Players, and the Harlem Community Players. ... In Harle...
The Harlem Renaissance is a term used to describe a flowering of African-American literature and art in the 1920s, mainly in the Harlem district of New York City. ... Grant's maid and butler, Van Der Zee opened his first studio in Harlem, New York City, in 1915. For 60 years, working in obscurity, he made a visual record of Harlem life unsurpassed in scope and detail. ... Lois Mailou Jones was a pioneering artist of the Harlem Renaissance. ... Johnson entered the Harlem Renaissance during its making. ...
Harlem Renaissance During the 1920's, the spiritual, social, and literary eagerness that raced through Harlem could be called the most important period of self-discovery in African-American history after the Civil War. Black literature went through a tremendous outbreak in Harlem, which is a district of New York City. ... Many believe, the Harlem Renaissance truly began, when W.E.B. ... As more and more people moved into Harlem, the job opportunities became larger. ... On the day of March 1924, the Harlem Renaissance was publicly recognized, where members of the NAACP such as Langston Hu...
The Harlem Renaissance took place on the island of Manhattan in the neighborhood called Harlem. ... In time Harlem became a fashionable white neighborhood of New York City. ... Jazz, witch was all the craze at the time centered in Harlem. ... The legalization was the final blow the unstable Harlem. ... Harlem was no longer safe, but sat and depressed. ...
Many came to a large black area of New York City, Harlem. ... It was in Harlem where the Harlem Renaissance was born. ... http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/harlem/dubois.asp. ... Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America Harry N. ... "Chapter 9: Harlem Renaissance-An Introduction." ...
During the 1920's Harlem was filled with black intellectuals, and artists from all over the world came to make a new beginning in Harlem. ... Harlem issue featured work of black writers and was edited by a black philosopher and literary scholar. ... During the Harlem Renaissance blacks discovered their heritage. ... There were many writers during the Harlem Renaissance that put an effect on the people till now. ... ANALYSIS Before the Harlem renaissance African American culture was in denial. ...
"The new Negro movement" during the 1920's, that later became known as the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance brought out powerful works of music, art, and literature. ... Thanks to the work of many African American writers the Harlem Renaissance was created. ... Claude McKay was one of the most well known figures during the Harlem Renaissance. ... As an "awakening" is how u could describe the Harlem Renaissance. ...
