1. The Blank Pages
... relationship to black was shaped by the hypocritical opinions of white males, they were able to reject them and form opinions of their own. "Like a blank page, the Confederate Woman is an unfilled space, "pure" so that the ideology of the plantation South may be inscribed on her: she is represented as ... have read and it encompasses every description that has been given to her. The first part of this quote should be most troubling. Calling her a blank slate reduces her to a being who is unable to produce her own thought; making her primed and ready to accept any roles or beliefs that ar...
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- Grade Level: High School