Read the following excerpt from Countee Cullen's poem "Yet Do I Marvel" (1925):
> "Inscrutable His ways, and immune to catechism,
> Who in His wrath can cast a double shadow,
> Make man's flesh frail, and then, to crown it all,
> With what is more than human, put a soul
> To sing, and yet to bid him sing in vain?
> Yet do I marvel at this curious thing:
> To make a poet black, and bid him sing!"
Which of the following best describes how the excerpt reflects a central tension of the New Negro Movement?
- It highlights the paradox of expressing profound creative genius and humanity within a society that systemically denies Black humanity.Cevap
- BIt argues that Black artists can only find true creative and personal freedom by emigrating to Africa or the Caribbean.
- CIt reinforces Booker T. Washington's strategy of prioritizing agricultural and industrial labor over intellectual and artistic pursuits.
- DIt blames the lack of Black literary recognition solely on Southern de jure segregation laws, ignoring systemic issues in the North.
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It highlights the paradox of expressing profound creative genius and humanity within a society that systemically denies Black humanity.
The correct answer accurately describes the central tension of the Harlem Renaissance: the struggle of Black intellectuals and artists to assert their creative genius and full humanity in a nation that continued to enforce white supremacy and racial inequality. Cullen's poem uses the image of a God who makes 'a poet black, and bid him sing' to represent the painful ironies and deep-seated conflicts experienced by Black creators during this era.
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The New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance utilized art, literature, and music to assert Black humanity and intellectual equality, while navigating the persistent realities of systemic racism and social marginalization.