Mary Church Terrell "What is Means to be Colored in the Capital of the United States"
where did Terrel deliver her speech?
-United Womens Club -enlightening them on AA struggles living in DC (assuming audience is white women)
who was Mary Terrel?
-born to two emancipated slaves -apart of NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) -received education -first AA millionaire -graduated with a degree mostly for men -taught at schools
what does Terrel do most of the speech
-tell story after story -generalized examples of discrimination
examples in speech
Colorbind usher in church Usher looked through you, refused to look at you Just one university accepted african americans Unions tend towards liberalism (discriminatory) White person being in charge of black schools Colleges good about discrimination, workforce isn't Still discourage african americans from doing certain things because privileges aren't the same Draws broad conclusions based on examples she gave to give meaning to them Students who knew how argument had been presented
why was she not like most african americans
Grew up wealthy, privileged but knew that and did not take advantage of it Went to private school Mother -- hairdresser, father invested $ in real estate Majored in classics Married a lawyer
mary church terrell - colored mans paradise
claimed that black men were protected in some states but not in others
Terrel uses lots of...
enumeration- the action of mentioning a number of things one by one.
was Terrels speech deductive or inductie
inductive= drawing conclusions from examples enumerations- the action of mentioning a number of things one by one.
example of little girl being denied at movie theater:
more tolerant to immigrants than colored people in America
mary church terrells stories
personal anecdotes of things that happened to her and people close to her because of the color of their skin (~10 stories)
the speech was stylistically
plain
What was unique about Terrell?
she married a judge and was from the first millionaire African American family in the South
Consistent strain
the light skin has certain advantages until discovered Woman in cloak department
Irony
these things are happening in nation's capital where you think it might be different (from DC)
what was her audience
white
