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Poem "'Who Am I?'"
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Title
Poem "'Who Am I?'"
Subject
Description
The narrator of this poem expresses his identity as part of a "colossal being" of black people, preferring the collective 'we' to the singular 'I.' He explores slavery as "the torture that was endured for years and still / Silently exists today" through imagery of whippings, shackles, shootings, and burning crosses. He addresses the reader as the one who oppresses him and his people and writes, "All of us need to look into each other's eyes and realize that we / Are all human beings."
Creator
Source
Finney, Dominic L. "'Who Am I?'" The Messenger (1996): 33-35. Available online via the UR Scholarship Respository.
Publisher
The Messenger, University of Richmond
Date
1996
Language
English
Type
Identifier
Messenger1996.33-1996.pdf
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Metadata Creator
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Citation
Finney, Dominic L., “Poem "'Who Am I?'",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed January 27, 2022, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/3014.