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- Daniel Freeman
- trying to figure out most of what there is to know about most things.
Obviously, the title points at devils who oppressed the Black people, not all the White. Otherwise, the title can be "To the White" or something else except fiends. McKay, was a poet, had a good logical thinking skill. He must understand that not every White is a fiend. So, he would not write a poem that so offensive to the innocents.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kok Ying, I believe that McKay was only referring to some White people not all of them. His animosity is only towards those who have harmed him and his people. There would be no reason for him to be addressing all White people including those who are innocent because then he would be no better than his oppressors.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Kok Ying. I think McKay was not pointing of all of the White people. He was only pointing out those White people who didn't accept the Black people. In my point of view, he used "To the White friends" become his title and I thought it was really good in those day. It was because it showed he was educated and he knew how to respect others, although others might not are Black people. In his poem, he wanted to show others that he could also do what the White people could do. What was the meaning of this? Although he was Black, he could still be talent and he had the abilities.
ReplyDeleteI believe Mckay is referring to all white people. There is no clue on whether he is focusing on white people that oppressed the black or not. As for what Kok Ying said about how he could have said just white instead of white fiends, I think that that is just a way of expressing his feelings towards white people. Mckay never stated in this poem that he was specifically talking about white people who oppressed the black man. He didn’t give us any indication on whether or not he excluded the whites that were against the black oppression. Therefore, by just saying white fiends and not mentioning his thoughts towards the different groups, it led me to believe that he is talking about the white race at large.
ReplyDeleteI agree with those of them point of views. McKay is referring to those he considers fiends. There are no all White people. McKay wants to tell the White who thinking of the Black people who are fiend and savage. He is trying to point out a part of the White people, so he titles those of them as “White Fiends”. It is strong evidence to tell us he is not referring to all of the White people.
ReplyDeleteMcKay is not referring to all the white people as fiends in this poem. He was probably referring to the ones that are racist and that discriminates Black people.
ReplyDeleteI believe McKay is just talking about those white whom he considers fiends, not all white people. I agree with DUDE ITS ANDREW, he writes this poem to the white racist and express something from his heart.
ReplyDeleteI think Mckay is not all referring to all white people in his title, he may used the "white friends" but he is actually referring to the white people that discriminate against Black people. he wrote this poem to the people who think Black people as inferior than white people, and to those who used violent against his own people.
ReplyDeleteI think the title is referred to most White people, not all, but most. As we know, 1920s is a period of segregation by White people against black people, and most black people had no economic and political power and were discriminated, that is to say, racism was a big problem in that situation. Therefore, most white people treated black people badly and seriously, even though not every white people were like this.
ReplyDeleteI think MaKay is reffering to just those whom he considers fiends, who are racists that oppreses the black people, not all the White people in his title. In this poem, MacKay is talking about and criticizing the surpresstion of the racistic White people. In the sentence, "Of my black brothers murdered, burant by you?", "you" indicates only the White people who oppresses black people.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Mckay is referring to White people he considered fiends and savage ( like a racial stereotypes). His poem narrates his ability to carry out all of the evil deeds that are wrongfully attributed to his African Americans, as he said in threatening tone, “Think you I am not fiend and savage… am I not Afric’s Son.” (1-6). It implies Africans American were oppressed by White.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Mckay write this poem is not to all the white people, it is only to some white people who has racial prejudices and discriminates to black people. Those whites defined black people as savagery even as evil.
ReplyDeleteIn my point of view, the author writing this poem is not for all white people, but some people who are discriminates to the blacks people. Moreover white people think that blacks will not have economics power. Therefore they will all turn in a very bad situation. Besides, whites always treat blacks badly too.
ReplyDeleteEven though most of you said he is not referring to all white people, I still believe he is referring to all white people. He might have sent this mixed message to confuse most of us and in a way to even protect himself from white people because if white people came for him, he could have easily said “I am not referring to you but just those that have done terrible things to my race.” However, I still strongly believe that Mckay was truly enraged at the white race and was unable to truly think logically even though he was able to pretend logically.
ReplyDelete"This poem was written in the 1920s, a time in America when segregation was still common and Black people had very little political power."(To the White Fiends #3)
ReplyDeleteWhen I know the background of the poem, I think MCKay was referring to all white, or at least most of white people.
Mckay refers the poem to some white whom against and defraud the black, not all the white. As the background as that time is coincided with the peak period of racial riots in the United States, I don't think the mean point is to refers to some people in this poem, the mean point is to Resonate and improve the self-esteem of black people.
ReplyDeleteFrom the poem it seems that he is talking one person but at the same time he seems that he is using a generalized terminology. It is very hard to say that he is talking about one or all, the only message you get from this script that he is a very angry man whether "the white fiend" is a single person or people.
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