Answer the following two questions. (1) Make comparisons of how Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem "We Wear ...

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Answer the following two questions. (1) Make comparisons of how Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem "We Wear the Mask" and Cia Verschelden's "We Wear the Mask Revisited" depict the Black experience in America. Are the depictions accurate in your opinion? Compare the two and explain. (2) Dunbar's poem was originally published in 1895 and Verschelden's revisited version is from 2020. Discuss why you think the two pieces could continue to have similar symbolism, and how Blackness is navigated in White society.