Read the excerpt from Alain Locke's essay 'Enter the New Negro' (1925) and answer the question that follows.
"For generations in the mind of America, the Negro has been more of a formula than a human being—a something to be argued about, condemned or defended, to be 'helped' or patronized, a social bogey or a plaything... But the day of 'discussion' is over. The Negro himself has passed from the stage of 'complaint' to the stage of 'resolution'—from the stage of 'problem' to the stage of 'self-expression.'"
According to Locke, which of the following best characterizes the primary shift in consciousness that defined the "New Negro"?
- A transition from being passive subjects of paternalistic debate and social study to active, self-reliant agents of their own cultural representationCevap
- BA rejection of Booker T. Washington's focus on economic self-help in favor of W.E.B. Du Bois's strategy of political agitation
- CThe alignment of African American artists with Marcus Garvey's plan for physical repatriation to Africa
- DA geographical move to the North motivated solely by the desire to escape Southern agricultural debt and sharecropping
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A transition from being passive subjects of paternalistic debate and social study to active, self-reliant agents of their own cultural representation
The correct option correctly identifies Locke's central argument that African Americans were moving from being passive subjects of white philanthropic interest and sociological study ("a formula," "to be helped or patronized") to active creators of their own identity and culture ("self-expression" and "resolution").
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Alain Locke's conceptualization of the 'New Negro' as a psychological and cultural shift toward self-determination and artistic expression.