Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing
(james weldon johnson)
Lift Ev?ry Voice and Sing
James Weldon Johnson wrote this poem about the bitter struggles blacks have endured in the past. It is as if he has given up on hope even before a chance could be seen. James Weldon Johnson tries to embitter the pain of his people by using metaphors like, ?WE have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered.? Mr. Johnson is reminded us of how we are products of our dead ancestors, and the states that so we will not forget where we came from. James Weldon Johnson position is that we as ?black people? still have a long way to go before we can overcome the stigma of slavery. Mr. Johnson defines himself as a black man, but he acts more like the whites to fit in. I do not think he is being true to himself or his people. Mr. Johnson reminds me of an ?Uncle Tom.? People noticed that Mr. Johnson was trying a little too hard to forget he was black. I think he was impressed by the white man?s privileges, that is why he tried so hard to be like them, inspired Mr. Johnson. His work tells me that he wrote under a confused notion that he was doing the right thing by writing a black poem, even though he should have been writing an ode to white America, because he wanted to have white skin instead of the black skin he was born with. That is just my opinion.
James Weldon Johnson may have been misunderstood, but he should have been speaking about the positive aspects of african-americans. How could he criticized his ancestors? If it wasn't for his ancestors sacrifices then you would not have any "James Weldon Johnsons."
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