sunjata and fredrick dougalss

For example, slavery for black people was a terrible act, so to pretend that such an event did not happen or became null to the causes that produces it, is a trap set for oneself. If it is good, why not continue and let the future be as fruitful as the past? If it was a bad event, can a lesson be learned from it? One would not want to repeat a grievous incident because failure to acknowledged it happen before. Douglass certainly did not want to be “invisible” anymore.

Moreover, it is important to know and remember one’s past wither it be good or bad. That is the power of realizing ones proud history and self worth. ” Is this not a marvelous history to remember?

In respond to Fredrick Douglass, he becomes the master of his own fate and not his white overseer. There is no doubt that anything can be conquered and tamed. There is a sense of passion for one’s being, like the famous poem “EGO TRIPPING”… “I made the pyramids and the wonderful mystery of the Sphinx. Another writer, James Baldwin states “man is forced each day to snatch his manhood, his identity out of the fire of human cruelty…if he survives the effort…he can teach, achieve own authority and that is unshakable”. This statement is clearly demonstrated in both stories (Sunjata and Douglass). Besides, having a rich cultural memory makes one whole and strong. He realizes his worth… “Why should he be the butt”, quoting from “The Souls of Black Folk”. In Nietzsche terms; Douglass uses the oppression and suffering to power him into the mind frame of being the master. Both people took control and authority of their life, which force everything to become subordinate and humble. To act not is to murder your own being, mind, and proud history.