Talking Back: Phillis Wheatley, Race, and Religion

Abstract

This essay examines the means by which African American poet Phillis Wheatley uses her evangelical Christianity to engage issues of race in revolutionary America. In her poetry and other writings, she addresses and even instructs white men of privilege on the spiritual equality of people of African descent.

‘Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others’: The Hierarchy of Citizenship in Austria

“…and others would reply, 'We run away!' Storytelling is deemed appropriate in issues that concern individuals' 'race' and their citizenry entitlements (Byerman 2019;Ladson-Billings 2010) and human intercourses in general (Byerman 2019;Carr 2008). As Glenn (2009) and Ladson-Billings (2010) specifically pointed out, the eligibility for all citizenry entitlements, are broadly defined in racial terms.…”