Discussion Board Post 7

The Black community has faced several roadblocks that prevents equal access to literacy. Segregation is one example of this. “The Library Card” is a story about a young boy’s perseverance to access education despite racial roadblocks. 

Online Literacy is only …

Has the Black community truly been afforded equal access to literacy necessary to be successful in contemporary America? Reference Richard Wright’s “The Library Card” and any other sources, including your own experience, if you wish.

The black community has not …

1. The Black community has faced several road blocks that prevents equal access to literacy. Segregation is one example of this. “The Library Card” is a story about a young boy’s perseverance to access education despite racial roadblocks. 
2. Literacy is only

1. I believe the black community has not been afforded equal access to literacy because of the lack of resources they have in school and the lack of attention they receive as if they are not important and do not deserve

White people use literacy as a hegemonic tool against Blacks/African Americans. One example of this is the Louisiana Voter literacy Test in 1964, which caused Black/African Americans to be unable to vote. Another example of how literacy is used as …

2. White people use literacy as a hegemonic tool against Black/ African Americans. One example of literacy being used as a hegemonic tool is in the 1964 Lousiana Voter Literacy Test, which made Black / African Americans not be able …