What Anna Julia Cooper thinks about empathy
African-American educator and writer (1858 to 1964); author of A Voice from the South.
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2 dated positions, c. 1892, in their own words. Our reading of what Anna Julia Cooper has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsAt any rate, as our Caucasian barristers are not to blame if they cannot quite put themselves in the dark man’s place, neither should the dark man be wholly expected fully and adequately to reproduce the exact Voice of the Black Woman.
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Our readingA Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint
Their wordsWhat I hope to see before I die is a black man honestly and appreciatively portraying both the Negro as he is, and the white man, occasionally, as seen from the Negro’s standpoint.
↗A Voice from the South (1892)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book