2051English LiteratureMedium
What is the “double-bind” that African- American women poets encountered in the thirties and forties, according to Anthony Walton’s essay?
ABeing ignored by a traditional poetry reading public because what they wrote about was the travails of subsistence living
BBeing overworked in menial jobs having to raise large families
CHaving little formal education with little access to publishers
DBeing a subordinated woman in a male dominated culture and a member of a suppressed minority race in the middle of a dominant white culture
Correct answer
D. Being a subordinated woman in a male dominated culture and a member of a suppressed minority race in the middle of a dominant white culture
Explanation
The correct answer is Being a subordinated woman in a male dominated culture and a member of a suppressed minority race in the middle of a dominant white culture.