1. The Blues People reading implies that Africans become American when speaking about life in America in English. How relevant is language to American culture?
2. What does Baraka have to say about enslavement being different when the owner and the slave are from the same culture, and do you agree?
3. Baraka says that life in the colonies was different from other societies because the foundation of the society was economical. How relevant is money and wealth to the formation and evolution of the Negro and jazz music?
4. "Harlem" seems to be darker and angrier than other poems we have read. How does the speaker view "successful" blacks--blacks with wealth and/ or some authority?
5. Is the speaker in "Uncle Rufus" finding fault with his son, or does he applaud him for his rebellion?
6. "Madame Alpha Devine" profits from making blacks more white. What is the tone of the poem in relation to Devine's business?
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