https://padlet.com/rpurdy723/ongxdf3ijuwykjh5 Made with charm en-us 2021-12-06 06:54:25 UTC 2021-12-06 07:00:14 UTC hello@padlet.com rpurdy723 https://padlet.com/rpurdy723/ongxdf3ijuwykjh5/wish/1930509550 I was having a difficult time coming up with strong points from the feminist criticism point of view for this novel because the only large points that obviously stood out to me were from the critical race theory perspective. However, this book being written about the 1920s identified the patriarchal stereotypes against women. The first source I have decided to use is titled “In Nella Larsen’s “Passing,” Whiteness Isn’t Just About Race.” I like this source because it provides perspective of the bond or “social ties” between black women. Specifically the sources mentions Irene’s disgust of Clare’s social disregard of her black ancestry and how Irene wanted nothing more than to out Clare’s secret. However even though Irene saw Clare as conniving and a falseifer to her own race Irene could still not expose her and tear her life apart. What this piece really shines a light on is not only the black bond but also the black women's aspiration to only help and build up another black women’s life even if they are tearing each other apart. I cannot fully understand the complexity of this bond since I am not black however I conclude that these ties are a mutual understanding that black women already suffer so much they should not ever have to suffer at the hands of someone with the same struggle.]]> 2021-12-06 06:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rpurdy723/ongxdf3ijuwykjh5/wish/1930509550 rpurdy723 https://padlet.com/rpurdy723/ongxdf3ijuwykjh5/wish/1930510334 I wanted to find a source that was written from the perspective of a black woman who dilutes the social struggle of Clare and Irene. The source I found is called “Lessons of Passing: Remembering Nella Larsen on her birthday,” a blog post by Nsikan Akpan. What I like about this source is how Nsikan explains the black womens’ struggle to survive in a society that is made for white men. She talks about how black people, especially black women have a desire to be a part of society, to be seen the same as everybody else. However, being seen the same as everyone else or “passing,” disregards the black struggle and their hatred from society. She even brings up her own experience with “passing” in the school system and how that made her feel like a version of herself that wasn't actually her. I would use this source in my paper to identify the black women struggle to feel like she has to give up who she is in order to achieve the American dream. Also relating to Clare how she feels that the only way she and her daughter can live a full and wealthy life is to be tied to a man who hates their race, all at the cost of achieving the American dream.]]> 2021-12-06 06:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rpurdy723/ongxdf3ijuwykjh5/wish/1930510334 rpurdy723 https://padlet.com/rpurdy723/ongxdf3ijuwykjh5/wish/1930510635 I wanted to find a source that went more into the notion that women are pressured into changing their appearance in order to move up in society. It is obvious that women have always been the suppressed group in compasiorion to men. Specifically black women being at the bottom of the social totem pole for both gender and racial categories. The review I chose is called,“ Passing’ the original 1929 novel is disturbingly brilliant,” by Carole Bell. I like how this source goes into detail about the struggles of “passing” and how there is a fine line from “passing” as white and reinventing yourself as white. She talks about how “Passing” is not about giving up your race, it is about adapting to society's expectations by concealing who you are for who you want people to see. For example I would talk about how black women use “white face” as a way to be treated the same and receive the same benefits as white women, as a means to survive. Black women shouldn't have to feel pressured to give up who they are, and put on a mask as someone else. However those who do it, out of a means for survival not out of treachery.  Which is a common misconception still not understood in our society today.]]> 2021-12-06 06:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rpurdy723/ongxdf3ijuwykjh5/wish/1930510635 rpurdy723 https://padlet.com/rpurdy723/ongxdf3ijuwykjh5/wish/1930511570 I wanted to find a source that connected the struggles of race and gender in “Passing” and I really like how this source touches on the fact that biracial black women are only taught to express one side of themselves. In fact that was a struggle that both Irene and Claire struggled with. This analysis of “Passing,” by Alylson Sebright does a great job of emphasizing the biracial women's struggle of not being identified for who she is and being forced to pick a side. Meaning she is half black and half white however American society only sees these women as black which is why in the novel Irene frowns upon Claire for expressing herself as a white woman almost burying her blackness.  A section of the text that stood out to me was when Sebright quotes Scholar Patricia Hill Collins when she states “these ties between what one does and what one thinks illustrated by individual Black women can also characterize Black women’s experiences and ideas as a group.” I would use this source in my essay to emphasize the black woman bond and how Irene and Clare benefitted from both communities. They can pass as white and reap the social benefits, such as being allowed in buildings that black people wouldn't be allowed in. While they also got a sense of black community “supplied by Harlem.” Lastly I would talk about how in the novel the idea that one cannot be both was implied by Irene because one cannot fully relate to the black community while being able party with their suppressors.

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