Long Division Alludes To The Separation Between Generations And The Absence Of Full Family Within City.docx

“Only those who can read, write, and love can move back or forward through time,” he marks it true. Through the process of slavery, African- Americans were deprived from literacy and discouraged from loving one another. More often than not, African-American are asked to let go of the past and look forward to a brighter future but how one reconciles with centuries of forced labor, family separation and dehumanization followed by decades of systemic discrimination, as LaVander Peeler stated: “African Americans are generally a lot more ignorant than white Americans…” However, Kiese does not play victim but emphasizes the necessity to reconnect the African-American past, present and the future through education, cultural enlightenment and love for one another. The 2013 City has a great appreciation for language, which allows him to convey his experiences through writing and reading. “One way to curb the back beating I was going to get was to write down my version of what happened” said City. Through writing one can communicate, understand, adapt, agree or disagree with what has happened in the past.