SLAVE
AND CITIZEN
Tennenbaum who is a well known author of his famous book ``Slave and Citizen``
and in this book, he discussed the inequalities and also he talked about the injustice occur to the black civilians of United States. One of
the claims that Tannenbaum mentioned in his book, which i found problematic was
that in Brazil, the Negro were treated better in different aspects just like in
cultural ,religious and role in social
life while the situation in United states was totally different. They were
treated colored people way different just like animals. They deprived United
states colored people from social activities, and banned them from religious
values. In short the colored people were denied to everything. The author of the
book provide an example from one of Freyre quotes from Ewbank, in which he
stated that ``i have passed black ladies in silks and jewelry, with male slaved in livery behind them......province.``
In Tannenbaum
book `Slave and Citizen` another thing which i found was quite racist is that people
on other side of the world including Spanish and Portuguese where slave were
treated as human and where they believe that all men are created equal
according to religious believes while white says that the slave in United
States are animals and have no rights to live as human. while people in other side of America were able to
buy their own freedom gradually and slowly to work for their masters and pay
his freedom but in United States, under no situation, Slave could be free.
which was different in Spanish system.
The main idea of the text is supported in this blog. You give good examples of your opinion on the United States views. Although it is difficult to decipher the overall thoughts on the book. The transition between the paragraphs somewhat puzzled me and the second paragraph seemed like an extension of the first. It may have ended up long but I think you could've kept all these thoughts in one. I would suggest focusing more on planning out your ideas in a more concrete structure. The highlight of this blog is that you used several original thoughts instead of only summarizing what happens in the book. I like the use of quoting from the text to support your claim. I would also suggest to paraphrase the quote and expand on its meaning next time. You express an interesting take on the situation. In my opinion, I think you should re-read your writing and focus on combining your thoughts with the message from the book in a way easier for the reader to comprehend.
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