Representations of "the New Negro" in Relation the Poem America
In "The New Negro — What Is He?" Philip Randolph’s and Chandler Owen’s representation of “the New Negro” in politics is, “The New Negro demands political equality.” (Randolph and Owen, 40). This quote shows Randolph’s and Owen’s representation of “the New Negro” in politics. Randolph and Owen claim that “the New Negro” must know the difference between selective and elective representation. When “the New Negro” vote for the Democratic or Republican party, they are exercising their right to elect their representative. Randolph and Owen believe that the person who selects political representatives controls the representative. I think that this means Randolph and Owen are accepting that someone other than “the New Negro” chooses the representatives aknowledging that their is a gap in political power between “the New Negro” and that person. Randolph’s and Owen’s representation of “the New Negro” in economics is, “as a worker, demands the full product of his toil.” (Randolph and...