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Phillis Wheatley: Black or White Poet?
Phillis Wheatley was brought from Africa to America to be put into slavery. She was more privileged than other slaves because her owners taught her to read and write. Showing early signs of remarkable intelligence, her owners, the Wheatleys, fostered her talent by tutoring her regularly. Phillis took to writing poetry, which led her to become the first black woman poet in ....
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.... to racial injustice. Scornful eye as Wheatley uses the phrase refers to the racial discrimination that exists towards blacks. Similarly, the description refined suggests that if you improve yourself you can better endure prejudices. The poet seems to say that one way of protesting captivity is to overcome the dehumanizing system of slavery by educating oneself. The critic Arthur P. Davis agrees with the assessment. He writes that,
she is definitely race consciou ....
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