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Prominent Themes in African American Literature

Prominent themes in African American literature include identity, self-discovery, black power, equality, race and racism, suffering to belong, individualism, suffering, self-expression through dialect and African American Vernacular English, religion, a sense of home related to Africa and the diaspora, self-hatred, pride, the blinding power of prejudice, access to the American Dream, economic disparities between African Americans and mainstream society and poverty, African American culture, and slavery.

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Prominent Themes in African American Literature

Prominent themes in African American literature include identity, self-discovery, black power, equality, race and racism, suffering to belong, individualism, suffering, self-expression through dialect and African American Vernacular English, religion, a sense of home related to Africa and the diaspora, self-hatred, pride, the blinding power of prejudice, access to the American Dream, economic disparities between African Americans and mainstream society and poverty, African American culture, and slavery.

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Prominent Themes in African American

Literature

Identity
self-discovery (inner self)
black power
equality
Race & Racism
suffering to belong
Individualism
Suffering
Self-Expression (use of dialect and AAVE- African
American Vernacular English)
Religion
a sense of home (related to Africa / Diaspora)
Self-hatred
Pride
The effect of the blinding power of prejudice of all
people.
Access to the American Dream
Economic disparities between African-American and
hegemonic society & Poverty
African American culture
slavery

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