As Clear As Black and White

Hello - My current “Intersections” essay is about the grafting of racist aesthetics onto Western thought. Using The Manichean Leitmotif by Dr. Arthur Graham as a basis for my essay, I try to answer the following questions:

“Do white poets generally project positive black imagery onto the world? Or do we tend to be – as we’ve been told we should be – color blind, in a world in which color affects the destiny of humankind? Worse yet, do many, or most, or all of us, intentionally or unwittingly, use black imagery to symbolize the negative? (For an example outside the realm of poetry, think of the westerns in which the bad guys can be identified by their black outfits.)”

You can see the essay at “Intersections” at http.alsopreview.com

Joyce